The newly formed BJP-led NDA government in Bihar under Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary is set to undergo a floor test on April 24 at a special session of the State Assembly called on the day. Given the strength of several constituent parties, the government is expected to sail through the test.
With the vacant seat of Bankipur constituency yet to be filled after its MLA Nitin Nabin was elected as BJP’s national president and later as Rajya Sabha member, the number of NDA legislators in the State Assembly is 201 while the Opposition has 41 MLAs in the total 243-member Assembly.
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A notification by the Assembly has directed all members of the House to be present on the day at 11 a.m.
Ahead of the special session, former Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday met his successor Samrat Choudhary at his official residence at 5, Deshratna Marg and his two deputies in the government, Vijay Kumar Choudhry and Bijendra Prasad Yadav at their respective residences. Samrat Choudhary is expected to shift to the designated official residence of the Chief Minister at 1, Anne Marg next week when Mr. Kumar would officially vacate the residence.
