2 Cong MLAs, 1 from RJD walk out of Oppn bench to join BJP in Bihar

IN a major jolt to opposition grand alliance in Bihar, two Congress MLAs and one MLA from RJD switched sides and sat in the treasury benches during budget session of the ongoing Bihar assembly on Tuesday.

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IN a major jolt to opposition grand alliance in Bihar, two Congress MLAs and one MLA from RJD switched sides and sat in the treasury benches during budget session of the ongoing Bihar assembly on Tuesday.

The MLAs Murari Prasad Gautam and Siddharth Saurav (both Congress) and Sangita Kumari (RJD) were earlier seen entering the assembly behind deputy chief minister Samrat Choudhary, who is also state BJP president of BJP. They sat on the ruling side, upon being signalled by Choudhary to do so, and legislators of the ruling NDA thumped their desks in approval.