Bihar Floor Test News Today

Lalu Yadav and Nitish Kumar-- who have known each other since their days as student leaders in the 1970s-- were seen Thursday warmly shaking hands inside the Bihar Vidhan Sabha premises.

JD(U) MLA Sudhanshu Shekhar accused a party colleague of offering him a ministry and ₹5 crore to help the opposition grouping, and accused another MLA of trying to prevent two legislators from participating in the trust vote.

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The case was lodged at Kotwali police station here by Sudhanshu Shekhar, who represents the Harlakhi seat of Madhubani district, said Krishna Murari Prasad, Deputy Superintendent of Police (Law and Order), Patna.

While Sheohar MLA Chetan Anand is the son of former MP Anand Mohan, Mokama MLA Neelam Devi’s husband is former MLA Anant Singh. The third RJD legislator to cross-vote was five-time MLA Prahlad Yadav.

With three rebel RJD MLAs -- 'Bahubali' Prahlad Yadav and the kin of two other strongmen, Chetan Anand and Neelam Singh -- in support, Nitish Kumar-led NDA won the Bihar floor test with thumping majority of 129 MLAs, excluding ruling party’s deputy speaker

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This comes after Tejaswi Yadav had earlier hinted at many unexpected developments in the state.

Nitish Kumar's switch from the Mahagathbandhan to the NDA has set the stage for a showdown in the state assembly.