Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi had resigned from its post ahead of political crisis in state on Friday. Principal Secretary to Bihar Governor Brajesh Mehrotra said that Manjhi had resigned.
Report said that CM Jitan Ram Manjhi pays a visit to the Raj Bhawan before start of joint session of Bihar Legislature.
Notify that Jitan Ram Manjhi had to prove its majority and trust vote in Assembly by today but he serve his resignation.
Over the resignation of Manjhi, BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain says the BJP stood by the Bihar CM. “We stood by a Mahadalit, we did not ditch him. The BJP has always been on the side of the truth,” Hussain told reporters.
Meanwhile JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar says their stand has been vindicated that things should become clear before the commencement of Assembly’s Budget Session.
Nitish said, “I will give my reaction after the situation becomes clear. We have not got any formal communication (on Manjhi’s resignation). This has happened suddenly when Governor and others have arrived for the Governor’s address.”
He also said, “BJP’s game plan has been exposed.”
Earlier, JD(U) chief whip Sharawan Kumar had said that legislators of the JD(U), the RJD, the Congress and the CPI an independent supporting Nitish Kumar would boycott the Governor’s address to the Assembly and would enter the Assembly only during the trust vote.
Bureau Report
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