Patna: During the first sitting of the newly constituted Bihar Vidhan Sabha, Janata Dal (United) MLA Vibha Devi reportedly struggled to read out her oath, drawing attention on the opening day of the session after the Assembly elections.
Videos from the House showed Devi, the wife of former legislator Raj Ballabh Yadav, appearing to seek help from another MLA to recite the oath, indicating she had difficulty reading it on her own.
Devi won from the Nawada constituency after defeating Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate Kaushal Yadav by a margin of 27,594 votes.
The inaugural session of the newly elected Bihar Legislative Assembly began on Monday with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, and other newly elected members attending the proceedings, ANI reported.
Before the House convened, several new MLAs were quoted as saying they intended to prioritise development and public welfare in their constituencies.
JD(U) MLA-elect Vinay Kumar Chaudhary was also quoted as reaffirming that his party’s focus remained on serving the public, underlining its commitment to work for the welfare of people across Bihar.
After an opening address by Protem Speaker Narendra Narayan Yadav, the House proceeded with the swearing-in ceremony. The process began with ministers taking the oath, followed by the Leader of the Opposition, and then the rest of the newly elected MLAs.
The ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is reported to have recorded a sweeping win in the Bihar Assembly elections, securing 202 of the 243 seats, while the Mahagathbandhan managed only 35. With this, the alliance has crossed the 200-seat mark in the state for the second time and achieved a three-fourths majority in the Assembly.
Within the NDA, the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the single largest party with 89 seats, followed closely by the Janata Dal (United) with 85. The Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) won 19 seats, the Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) secured five, and the Rashtriya Lok Morcha won four.
On the opposition benches, the Rashtriya Janata Dal led with 25 seats, followed by the Indian National Congress with six. The CPI (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation won two seats, while the Indian Inclusive Party and the CPI (Marxist) secured one seat each.
The All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen won five seats, and the Bahujan Samaj Party secured one.