Nitish Kumar wins Bihar floor test 131 to 108

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today won theconfidence motion in the Bihar Assembly to prove the majority of his new government. 131 legislators voted in favour of his government and 108 against, comfortably crossing 122 votes to win the trust vote.

The JD(U) chiefwas sworn in as chief minister on Thursday, just one day after he resigned as chief minister,called off the "grand alliance" of his party, the JD(U) with the Congress and the RJD, and alliedhis party with the BJP. The JD(U) chief resigned as chief minister after RJD chief Lalu Prasad said his son Tejashwi Yadav would not step down as deputy chief minister despite the alleged corruption charges against him.

Tejashwi Yadav spoke first on the confidence motion, slamming Nitish Kumar for dumping the Grand Alliance and joining hands with former ally, the BJP. "The mandate to the mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) was of the people. Today the BJP and Nitish Kumar have insulted the mandate," Tejashwi Yadav said after Nitish Kumar said after the trust vote. He had spokenfirst on the confidence motion, slamming Nitish Kumar for dumping the Grand Alliance and joining hands with former ally, the BJP.

The JD(U)'s 71 MLAs and the BJP's 53, gave thealliance a support of 124 legislators in the 243-member assembly. They also had thesupport of sevenothers, bringing thetotal to 131 legislators.

Former coalition partners, the RJD and the Congress,had 80and 27 lawmakers on their side.

The RJD has appealed the Bihar governor’s invitation to JDU and NDA to form the government and Nitish Kumar's appointment as chief minister.

It has alsocalled for a "conscience vote," a secret ballot in which legislators are not bound to vote for their party.

Here are the live updates:

The mandate to the mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) was of the people. Today the BJP and Nitish Kumar have insulted the mandate: Tejashwi Yadav

The people's verdict was not to safeguard benami (illegal) transactions. It was not for becoming the owner of 26 benami properties: Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi

The government will move forward, work for the welfare of the people of Bihar. We will not tolerate corruption and injustice: Nitish Kumar

The chair is not for misusing political power but for service: Nitish Kumar

Secularism should not be used to justify corruption, Nitish Kumar says in Bihar Assemblyahead of trust vote

Nitish ji aren't you ashamed to sit beside Sushil Modi: Tejashwi Yadav

Which thought process, what morality, the world wants to know, Nitish Kumar: Tejashwi Yadav in Bihar Assembly

If it's a question of image, then the entire country knows what grounds Nitish Kumar has: Former Bihar Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav