IN PHOTOS: Congress MLAs return to Patna ahead of floor test in Bihar

Updated On: 11 February, 2024 09:39 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed

With less than 24 hours left for the crucial trust vote in Bihar, legislators of the Congress, who had been made to camp in Telangana for a week, returned to Patna on Sunday evening, party sources said. Pics/PTI

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The NDA is comfortably placed, having a combined strength of 128 MLAs in the 243-member state assembly

<p>The Congress legislators will be staying, until Monday, with their counterparts from RJD and the Left, at 5, Deshratna Marg, the government bungalow allotted to Yadav when he was the Deputy CM</p>

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The Congress legislators will be staying, until Monday, with their counterparts from RJD and the Left, at 5, Deshratna Marg, the government bungalow allotted to Yadav when he was the Deputy CM

<p>The `Mahagathbandhan`, as the Congress, RJD and Left combine is known in local parlance, lost power less than a month ago as a result of JD(U) president and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar`s abrupt return to the BJP-led NDA</p>

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The `Mahagathbandhan`, as the Congress, RJD and Left combine is known in local parlance, lost power less than a month ago as a result of JD(U) president and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar`s abrupt return to the BJP-led NDA

<p>The Congress, which has only 19 MLAs, was plagued by fears of a split ahead of the trust vote, a reason why it may have chosen to transport its legislators to the southern state</p>

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The Congress, which has only 19 MLAs, was plagued by fears of a split ahead of the trust vote, a reason why it may have chosen to transport its legislators to the southern state

<p>The Congress MlAs flight was expected to land at the Patna airport at 5 pm. They were scheduled to drive straight to the residence of former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav</p>

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The Congress MlAs flight was expected to land at the Patna airport at 5 pm. They were scheduled to drive straight to the residence of former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav

<p>Meanwhile, RJD legislators, who had reached Yadav`s home on Saturday, but were asked to stay back till the trust vote, seem to be enjoying a carnival-like atmosphere</p>

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Meanwhile, RJD legislators, who had reached Yadav`s home on Saturday, but were asked to stay back till the trust vote, seem to be enjoying a carnival-like atmosphere

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High tidal waves in Mumbai delay Lalbaugcha Raja`s visarjan