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.
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#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
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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
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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
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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
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Earlier, Bihar Assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha had said that resigning due to no confidence motion will hurt his self-respect.