Bihar CM Jitan Ram Manjhi has
resigned from his post today, just a few hours before trust vote on the floor
of the assembly. Manjhi submitted his papers to the Governor Keshari Nath
Tripathi. The Principal Secretary to the Governor has confirmed the CM's resignation,
and said that the resignation letter was a one line statement.
Manjhi surprised everyone by
visiting the Raj Bhawan at 10 this morning. He returned back to his One Anne
Marg residence after a 15-minute meeting with the Governor.
Manjhi's sudden decision to quit
is seen in the light of his unsuccessful attempt to get the numbers in the
house.
After he decided to rebel against
his mentor and ex-CM Nitish Kumar, he was expelled from the JDU. He was to
prove his majority in the house today. The BJP had announced yesterday that it
will support Manjhi; but even with the support the BJP, Manjhi did not have the
numbers to prove his majority.
Earlier the Nitish Kumar camp,
comprising of JDU, RJD, Congress, CPI MLAs and one Independent legislator had
taken a decision to boycott the Governor's speech prior to the joint session of
the Bihar Legislature.
JDU Chief Whip Shrawan Kumar said
that the decision to boycott the Governor's speech was JDU effort to register
protest against the decision to give Manjhi a 14 days' time - in which he tried
his utmost to Horse trade the MLAs- to prove his majority.
Addressing a press conference,
Jitan Manjhi said that he resigned because there were 'death threats' and bribe
offers to his MLAs, and the speaker did not allow secret ballot for sake of the
security of the MLAs.
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