Nitish govt in minority, says Sushil Modi

Patna,(BiharTimes): Former deputy chief minister and BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi said on Tuesday that the Nitish Kumar government has lost its majority in the Bihar Assembly after the resignation of Parween Amanullah from Janata Dal (United) and death of another party MLA, Damodar Singh.

In a statement he said the four Congress MLAs and a lone CPI member have not given any letter of support to the Governor and just voted in favour of the trust motion moved by Nitish Kumar on June 19 after his break-up with the BJP.

He said as per the letter of support given to the Governor, the Nitish government enjoyed the backing of 118 MLAs of JD(U) and four Independents, taking the tally to 122.

Now that the the JD(U) has lost two MLAs in thre days it has actually come in minority.

Modi said that the Nitish Kumar government is short of numbers and cannot sustain voting on any Bill in the state Legislature.

It needs to be mentioned that the Budget session of the Bihar Assembly and Legislative Council is scheduled to start from February 14.