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HC holds Nitish election as JDLP leader illegal
The Patna High Court on Wednesday declared the Janata Dal-United meeting in which Nitish Kumar was elected as the leader of the Legislature Party illegal. On Saturday, nearly 130 MLAs had elected Nitish as their leader in the Bihar Assembly, paving the way for his return as Chief Minister after Jitan Ram Manjhi\'s sacking from the party.
Patna HC holds JD-U meet electing Nitish as leader illegal
Patna: The Patna High Court on Wednesday declared the Janata Dal-United meeting in which Nitish Kumar was elected as the leader of the Legislature Party illegal. On Saturday, nearly 130 MLAs had elected Nitish as their leader in the Bihar Assembly, paving the way for his return as Chief Minister after Jitan Ram Manjhi's sacking from the party.
The verdict is a big setback for Nitish who has flown all his supporting MLAs from the JD-U, RJD, Congress and the Left to New Delhi. He has sought a meeting with President Pranab Mukherjee to pressurise Bihar Governor K N Tripathi to invite him to form the government.
Nitish, leading a delegation of 15 leaders including JD-U chief Sharad Yadav, RJD president Lalu Prasad and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, paraded 130 MLAs before the President on Wednesday evening to underline his claim to form the government in the state.
Nitish said he was forced to take the MLAs to the national capital to present them before Mukherjee as Tripathi had not taken any decision. "Why is this delay? We nursed Bihar for more than eight years and ensured good governance and rule of law. How can we allow BJP to get all wrong things done through Manjhi and heap the blame on me for that? I have the record of statements made by BJP leaders against me for the wrongs committed by the Manjhi government.
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They should announce their support to Manjhi. If they do so, I'll expose them the way I played the tape of Modi on bringing back black money from abroad and failing to do so," Nitish said on Tuesday before leaving for Delhi. Refusing to resign as Chief Minister, a defiant Manjhi has claimed that he still enjoys the support of a majority of MLAs while Nitish has demanded that either the Governor call him to prove his majority or Manjhi. Manjhi has also sought a trial of strength by secret vote in the Assembly.
