Bihar CM Nitish Kumar blasts RJD, Congress; vows to respond at ‘right time’
July 28, 2017 16:08 ISTThe Nitish Kumar government today won the crucial floor test in the Bihar Assembly, securing 131 votes against the opposition's 108.
The Nitish Kumar government today won the crucial floor test in the Bihar Assembly, securing 131 votes against the opposition's 108.
The desertion of MLAs from the Congress Legislature Party is worrying for the party ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls on August 8, especially in view of leader Ahmed Patel’s bid for the Upper House.
"We are happy that the government of Janata Dal-United and the Bharatiya Janata Party passed the floor test in the house today," Sushil Modi said.
Nitish Kumar sailed through the trust vote with 131 votes in his favour and 108 against.
In possibly his sharpest critique against former alliance partner and Bihar CM, Tejashwi Yadav today blasted Nitish Kumar for joining hands with the BJP after having returned to power having fought against it
Local BJP workers have alleged that activists of CPI (M) were behind the attack
131 MLAs voted in favour of Nitish Kumar while 108 MLAs voted against his trust vote.
The numbers are in favour of the JD(U)-NDA government headed by Nitish Kumar but the RJD has reportedly decided to create ruckus in the House during the trust vote.
3 Congress MLAs considered close to former opposition leader Shankarsinh Vaghela resigned from the assembly to join the BJP today.
India has raised the issue of stapled visa to Arunachal Pradesh residents by China has been raised in every bilateral meeting at various levels, Sushma Swaraj said in Rajya Sabha.
Senior JD(U) leaders today said that Nitish Kumar did not inform or consult with the party before taking the decision to join hands with the BJP.
Two more Congress MLAs quit the party to join BJP today, taking the count of MLAs quitting the grand old party to five since yesterday. The development makes the road tougher for Ahmed Patel's entry to the Rajya Sabha
The monsoon session of the Bihar Assembly begins on Friday. Nitish Kumar, who along with the BJP formed a new government, will have to prove his majority in the next two days.
The ED has registered a money-laundering case under the PMLA Act against RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family members in connection with allotment of railway hotels to a company.
After talking to the former deputy Prime Minister for nearly five minutes, Rahul was also seen talking to Union minister Ramdas Athawale. Then the Congress leader went upto his mother Congress president Sonia Gandhi and talked to her for a while.
“Five lakh accidents take place every year in the country in which 1.5 lakh people lost their lives,” Gadkari said
"I repeat, I will not declare them (the missing Indians) dead until we have concrete evidence to that effect," she told Rajya Sabha.
All parties in the Rajya Sabha will give their objections on the proposed Motor Vehicles Bill in writing before a decision can be taken on its fate, according to a decision taken at a meeting here today
The chief of the party's Kerala unit, M.P. Veerendra Kumar, a Rajya Sabha member, told reporters in Delhi that he was even ready to quit the Upper House to pursue his fight against "fascist forces".
The NDA alliance had submitted a list of 132 MLAs yesterday to the Governor. These include 71 of JD(U), BJP 53, RLSP 2, LJP 2, HAM 1 and three Independents. In the 243-member Bihar Assembly, the RJD has 81 MLAs, the Congress 27 and the CPI-ML 03.
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