With political tensions rising in Bihar ahead of the ruling coalition’s floor test in the Assembly on February 12, the BJP, following in the footsteps of the Congress, has shifted its MLAs to Bodh Gaya, 120 km south of Patna. They are expected to return to the State capital a day ahead of the trust vote.
The Congress had already shifted 16 out of its 19 MLAs to a resort in Hyderabad to keep its flock together.
Sources in the BJP revealed that the decision has been taken by the central leadership after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital on Wednesday. He requested Mr. Modi to send all BJP MLAs out of Patna before the trust vote to prevent any possibility of the MLAs shifting their loyalties.
