PATNA: Nitish Kumar wins the trust vote allowing him to remain as Bihar CM with a new alliance with the BJP. He received 131 votes against 108. There was no cross voting at all, because the voting was conducted by division of votes by going into lobbies,with the division clerk simultaneously calling out the name of the member to sign a register.
Nitish had claimed the support of 131 members, including the BJP, two independents and legislators of BJP allies Hindustani Awam Morcha-Secular and Rashtriya Lok Samata party. Opposition RJD has 80 MLAs, the Congress 27 and the CPI-ML 3.
Nitish-led JD (U)-NDA government has a support of 132 MLAs, which helped it to prove a comfortable majority in the 243 member state assembly where 122 MLAs are required to prove majority. (Agencies)