Nitish Kumar Clears trust Vote In Bihar Assembly

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Nitish Kumar Clears trust Vote Vote In Bihar Assembly Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has sailed through a trust vote in the Bihar Assembly with 131 of the 243 legislators voting for him. The vote and a discussion before it were held amid protests and slogan shouting by Lalu Yadav's RJD, now the chief opposition party. 

 'Secularism can't mask corruption," Nitish Kumar said in the assembly, adding, "These are arrogant people. Political parties get a mandate in elections to serve the people...the people were fed-up."

 His former partners the RJD and Congress say their alliance got a massive mandate in the assembly elections on an anti-BJP plank and so Mr Kumar's decision to partner with the BJP is unethical. Lalu Yadav's son Tejashwi Yadav, now Leader of Opposition, spoke for 40 minutes, attacking his former boss saying, "Aapko sharam nahin aayi? (Aren't you ashamed?)." 

 This morning the RJD has moved court challenging the appointment of Nitish Kumar as Chief Minister. The court has admitted the petition but refused to stop the trust vote, saying it would hear the case on Monday.

 The RJD contends that as the largest party in the Bihar assembly it should have been given first chance at forming government after Nitish Kumar resigned. 

 On Wednesday, hours after Lalu Yadav said his son Tejashwi would not resign over corruption charges, Nitish Kumar met the Bihar Governor and resigned as Chief Minister ending his two-year-old alliance with the RJD and Congress.

 The BJP was waiting with an offer of support and they met the Governor the same night to stake claim to form government. Nitish Kumar took oath for the sixth time yesterday as Chief Minister and the BJP's Sushil Modi was sworn in as Deputy Chief Minister, a post he has held twice before.

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