Bihar Chief Minister-designate Nitish Kumar on Friday tendered his resignation from the post to Governor Phagu Chauhan.
He along with top NDA leaders, including Deputy CM Sushil Modi, Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi and Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) president Mukesh Sahni, met the Governor and tendered resignations of the entire outgoing cabinet.
They have also requested the Governor to dissolve the entire government.
Nitish has also said that on Sunday, the NDA allies will meet to decide the next course of action for the formation of the new government in Bihar. NDA leaders are also expecting that the Chief Minister for the next five years will be decided in the meeting after which they will stake claim to form the government.
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It is expected that Nitish Kumar, Ashok Chaudhary, Vijay Chaudhary and Vijendra Yadav will be present in the meeting from the JD-U side. From the BJP, Sushil Modi, MoS Home Nityanand Rai and BJP state president Sanjay Jaiswal, among others, will be present in the meeting apart from Sahani and Manjhi.
Besides choosing the CM, the leaders will also pitch for Deputy CM, Speaker and ministry portfolios.
EC rejects recounting applications of 6 candidates in Bihar
Election Commission of India (ECI) has rejected applications of six candidates who are shouted recounting of votes for the recently concluded Bihar Assembly Elections.
As per ECI, 11 seats are as such where nail biting finish taken place during counting on November 10 and the margin between victory and defeat was less than 1,000 votes. Six out of these 11 candidates are not satisfied with the counting and they have challenged the decisions of returning officers.
Narendra Singh alias Bogo Singh, the candidate from Matihani has filed a complaint with ECI after Raj Kumar Singh of the Lok Janshakti Party defeated him with the margin of 333 votes. He has shouted for recounting of all EVMs, VVPATs and postal ballots.
Shakti Singh Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD also complaint with ECI seeking recounting of EVMs, VVPATs and postal ballots after he lost the election to Krishna Murari Sharan of Janata Dal-United with the margin of just 12 votes.
Sudhakar Singh of RJD defeated Ambika Singh of Bahujan Samaj Party with a margin of 189 votes from Ramgarh Assembly constituency. Ambika has filed a complaint to ECI seeking recounting of votes.
Similar complaint have also received from losing candidates (second position) of Parbatta, Dihari and Kurhani Assembly constituencies.
H.R. Srinivasa, the Chief Electoral Officer of Bihar said: “These applications are verified but their reasons are not turn genuine. Hence, under relevant sections of ECI rules, these applications are rejected for recounting.”
“We have given reasons details to every candidates in written format,” he said. The candidates have already alleged ECI for taking sides to candidates of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), many of them have been planning to challenge the decision of ECI in the court.
Earlier, the RJD and Congress have alleged that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has applied pressure on returning officers of these constituencies.
