Tuesday saw CBI raids taking place in Bihar, as well as Jharkhand, in relation to the alleged land for job scam. According to earlier reports, CBI raids were taking place at RJD MLC Sunil Singh's Patna home. The raids have come just ahead of the floor test.
Residences of senior RJD leaders in Jharkhand and Bihar were raided just ahead of the Mahagathbandhan government moving a confidence motion in the Bihar assembly to prove their majority, in what is looking like a tactic by the BJP to express their displeasure at losing control of the governing coalition in Bihar.
The special session is set to commence on a stormy note on account of Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha's stout refusal to resign despite the new ruling dispensation's motion of no-confidence against him.
If the assembly is not adjourned following the vote over the motion against the speaker, the new government headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will also face the trust vote during the day.
Sinha, a senior BJP leader, evidently enjoys the backing of his party which has vowed to take on "Paltu Kumar", a pejorative it has coined for the chief minister and his many volte faces, and the new government which has been formed through "back door", a charge the party has, ironically, been facing since 2017.
"We have not taken a decision on leader of the opposition in the assembly. That does not top the agenda. We are looking forward to exposing Paltu Kumar and this new government, formed through back door, which has brought a no confidence motion," said Nitin Nabin, a BJP leader who lost his ministerial berth to the cataclysmic political developments in the state.
The 'Mahagathbandhan', which comprises the chief minister's JD(U), besides RJD, Congress, CPI(ML), CPI and CPI(M), has a combined strength of more than 160 in the 243-strong House.
The places raided included sites in Patna, Ranchi, Madhubani, Katihar, Phulwarisharif, and Hajipur.
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