The fate of the no-confidence motion against the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly in Bihar on Monday (February 12) depends on the number of members present in the Legislative Assembly. The total number of members in the assembly is 243. Of these, Lalu Yadav’s party RJD has the maximum of 79 MLAs. Congress has 19 MLAs and Left parties have 16 members. If seen in this way, the total number of MLAs in the Grand Alliance is 114.
When might a political crisis arise?
On the other side is NDA. In this, BJP has 78 MLAs, JDU has 45 and Hindustani Awam Morcha-Secular has four MLAs. Apart from this, he also has the support of an independent MLA. If seen in this way, the total number of MLAs of the ruling party is 128. The majority figure in Bihar is 122. In such a situation, Nitish Kumar does not see any problem, but if the MLAs of Jitan Ram Manjhi’s party and independents as well as JDU change sides, then a new political crisis may arise in Bihar. Will go.
Three MLAs each of BJP and JDU missing
According to the information available so far, three MLAs each of BJP and JDU are missing. In such a situation, the number of NDA MLAs will remain 122. But even if four of our MLAs go towards the Grand Alliance, NDA will still have 118 MLAs. Therefore, the no-confidence motion will fall only if 14 MLAs remain absent from the House or cross-vote.