New Delhi: Ahead of Nitish Kumar-Tejashwi Yadav's confidence motion, Vijay Kumar Sinha quits as the Speaker of the Bihar Assembly. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar faces a trust vote on the floor of the Vidhan Sabha. The Janata Dal United (JDU) leader had stepped down as Bihar CM after exiting from the BJP-led NDA alliance and joined hands with the RJD . He was sworn in as the chief minister for a record eighth time after the JDU teamed up with the RJD and Congress to form the government. LIVE UPDATES: #WATCH | "All answers will be given inside (the Assembly)," says Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav ahead of the Floor Test of Nitish Kumar-led Government pic.twitter.com/vutKN2wNv2 — ANI (@ANI) August 24, 2022 Vijay Kumar Sinha resigns as the Speaker of the Bihar Assembly. He said, "Bowing before majority, I resign as speaker." The Chair is 'Panch Parmeshwar'. What message do you want to give by casting suspicions on the Chair? People will make a decision: Bihar Assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha, in the House as he speaks on the No Confidence Motion against him pic.twitter.com/ISKJeyrsiU — ANI (@ANI) August 24, 2022 I would like to tell you that your No Confidence Motion (against him - the Speaker) is unclear. Eight of the nine people's letters, which were received, were not as per rule: Bihar Assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha, in the House pic.twitter.com/9txlkodo9u — ANI (@ANI) August 24, 2022 Patna | The no-confidence motion seems to have been filed with little care for rules. I have been accused of bias and dictatorial attitude. Both the allegations are false. Resigning in such circumstances will hurt my self-respect: Bihar Assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha (23.08) pic.twitter.com/3NzeTejgXl — ANI (@ANI) August 24, 2022 Earlier, Bihar Assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha had said that resigning due to no confidence motion will hurt his self-respect.
