Janata Dal-United leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who parted ways with BJP-led NDA recently, has moved trust motion in Bihar Assembly.

Life was on Tuesday partially hit in Bihar during a bandh called by BJP to protest against JD-U pulling out of NDA with workers of the two parties clashing in the state capital and train services being disrupted in several places.

The Centre has sent a fresh battalion, comprising about 1,000 personnel, for undertaking anti-Naxal operations in Bihar as part of a strategy to combat Maoist violence in the state.

Sushil Kumar Modi, who ceased to be Bihar Finance Minister following the JD(U)-BJP split, on Monday resigned as Chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers looking into the implementation of the proposed new indirect tax regime - Goods and Services Tax (GST).

After reports of violence outside BJP office in Patna during ‘Vishwasghat Diwas’ on Tuesday morning, top party leaders courted arrest while protesting against ruling JD-U.

The BJP declared that it was ready to quit the Nitish Kumar ministry in Bihar and sit in the opposition. "BJP ministers will resign and we are ready to sit in the opposition," senior BJP leader CP Thakur said.

Accusing JD-U of betrayal, Bihar BJP on Sunday said it had walked out of NDA despite repeated assurances that it would be consulted whenever the Prime Ministerial candidate is chosen.

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A day after snapping the 17-year old relationship with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar hit out at his former ally, saying that his party’s views now do not match to that of BJP’s new leadership.

In a major setback to NDA ahead of next year's Lok Sabha election, JD-U on Sunday broke its ties with BJP in protest against the elevation of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.