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Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi reigned as Bihar Chief Minister on February 20, 2015. Ahead of the trust vote later today, CM Manjhi met state Governor KN Tripathi. Just two hours before he was to seek for vote of confidence in the state assembly, Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi met Governor KN Tripathi and resigned. He will be holding a press conference at 11.30 am, according to reports.Principal Secretary Governor Brajesh Mehrotra will rule the state. Manjhi was scheduled to prove his majority in the Bihar Legislative Assembly on Friday. Bihar trust vote: Jitan Ram Manjhi to prove majority in Bihar Legislative Assembly today
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had asked its 87 MLAs to vote in favour of Manjhi today while the JD(U), RJD, Congress and CPI have also issued a whip to its legislators to vote against the Manjhi government. Meanwhile, heavy security has been deployed outside the Bihar Assembly.
The BJP had also staged a protest against Bihar Assembly Speaker Uday Narayan Choudhary yesterday over his ‘unethical and unconstitutional’ move to declare the Janata Dal (United) as the main opposition party Janata Dal (United) leader Vijay Kumar Choudhary was reportedly made the Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly, replacing Yadav. Earlier this week, Janata Dal (U) chief Sharad Yadav had suspended seven ministers loyal to Manjhi from the party, claiming that they hadn’t followed the party’s directive Manjhi, however, remains confident of gaining the vote of confidence in the assembly, ahead of the floor test today.
With inputs from IANS.
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