Tejashwi meets Guv, seeks invite for RJD to form Govt in Bihar

The Karnataka Governor’s decision inviting BJP legislature party leader B S Yeddyurappa to form Government on the basis of BJP being single largest party though a little behind from the required number of MLAs, not only prompted the Supreme Court to intervene but also encouraged “single largest” parties in States from Bihar to Goa to stake claim for Government formation which they were denied.

The RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav accompanied by Bihar acting president and representatives of HAM and CPI(ML) on Friday met Governor Satyapal Malik and submitted a memorandum seeking his intervention for ordering the floor test in Bihar Assembly. He said, “RJD was and is the single largest party in current Vidhan Sabha with 80 MLAs and we are also the single largest pre-poll block together with Congress with 107 members. We also have support of HAM and CPI(ML). Our strength can be tested on the floor of the Assembly in the light of the S R Bommai vs Union of India 1994 judgement of the Supreme Court.

Majority of the MLAs of RJD, Congress CPI(ML) paraded to the Raj Bhavan.

Tejashwi said the Governor went through their memorandum and promised to take the notice. The former Deputy CM was hopeful that very soon the Governor’s decision would be made public.

The youngest son of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad said when the JD(U) led by Nitish Kumar decided to break alliance with the RJD and Congress and submitted his resignation in July 2017, the then acting Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi should have invited single largest party RJD for Government formation but instead he invited second largest party JD(U) which had entered into a quick alliance with the BJP.