Aug 25,2022:Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who, following days of simmering tensions, finally ended his party Janata Dal (United)’s alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and formed a government with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and other parties earlier this month, has proved his majority in the state Assembly today with the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ comfortably winning the motion of confidence by voice vote amid a walkout by BJP MLAs.
In his speech that lasted for about half an hour, Nitish made indirect references to rebellion by LJP’s Chirag Paswan, allegedly at BJP’s behest, and attempts to cause a split in JD(U) through his former protege RCP Singh. The CM asserted that he had “no personal ambitions”, rejecting the BJP’s charge that his latest volte face was aimed at becoming the prime ministerial candidate of the opposition camp.
