Patna, August 24: Ahead of the floor test to prove the majority of the 'Mahagathbandhan' alliance government led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, BJP's Vijay Kumar Sinha on Wednesday tendered his resignation as the Speaker of the Bihar Assembly.
Narendra Narayan Yadav of the JD(U), whose name was recommended by Vijay Kumar Sinha, will now chair the floor test. The resignation came after a no-confidence motion against him was moved by the MLAs of the ruling coalition.
Sinha had earlier said the notice for the motion, received at the Vidhan Sabha Secretariat, was unclear and did not follow the rules and regulations. "I would like to tell you that your no-confidence motion is unclear. Eight of the nine letters, which were received were not as per rule," said Sinha.
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Ahead of Nitish Kumar's floor test; Bihar Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha puts in papers[/caption]
"The Chair is 'Panch Parmeshwar'. What message do you want to give by casting suspicions on the Chair? People will make a decision," the BJP leader said, ahead of the floor test of Nitish Kumar-led government.
Former Deputy CM Tarkishore Prasad said, "We've come here for the Assembly Session."
Meanwhile, earlier on Wednesday, the CBI raided the residences of leaders of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) reportedly in connection with the "land for jobs" scam.
The raids were conducted at the properties linked to RJD MLC Sunil Singh and three MPs Ashfaque Karim, Faiyaz Ahmed and Subodh Roy.
"It is being done intentionally. There is no meaning to it. They are doing it thinking that out of fear, MLAs will come in their favour," said Singh, RJD MLC and Chairman of Bihar state co-operative marketing union LTD. (BISCOMAUN) whose house was raided.
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The Grand alliance Bihar government comprises JD(U), RJD, Congress, CPI(ML), CPI and CPM and has a combined strength of more than 160 in the 243-strong House.
-PTC News with ANI inputs
