RJD MLAs protest outside the Bihar assembly ahead of CM Nitish Kumar's floor test. Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi has also arrived just after Nitish Kumar, as has RJD's Tejashwi Yadav. The RJD wants a secret vote, a vote of conscience since they feel they can tap in to those JD-U MLAs who are unhappy with Nitish's alliance with the BJP. The RJD said this is vishwasghat or a betrayal by the JD-U and they will bring this up in the floor of the House. The JD-U has maintained that it is confident of a win. One RJD poster  calls Nitish Kumar, 'Kursi' Kumar.


Yesterday, in a flurry of tweets, Tejashwi hit out at the JDU and Nitish Kumar saying, "Vicious greed for power of opportunism will spell it's own doom. People are not fools that they digest their penchant for wicked power grab. Past baggage, though unjustified, didn't perturb me when I was entrusted to carry the expectations of people's mandate, in the role of DyCM! I delivered manifolds than what was expected of me. My performance perturbed our ally & BJP. Vendetta against me exposes their viciousness."