Before the floor test, he made two phone calls from Delhi..?
The way bjp reversed the game in bihar is also very interesting in itself. Just 24 hours before the floor test on monday, it seemed that nda might lose power in bihar, but a phone call from delhi changed the entire political scenario there. amit shah had talked to HAM patron and former cm Jitan ram Manjhi on phone. Shah called Manjhi twice. There was a long conversation between the two both times.
It was not known who said what in the conversation between amit shah and Manjhi, but its impact was clearly visible in Patna. When Jitan ram Manjhi reached bihar Assembly for the floor test in the morning, Union minister nityanand rai was also with him. The presence of nityanand rai with Manjhi was a big message in itself. It was becoming clear that Manjhi had agreed and would remain with the NDA.
A day before the floor test in bihar, four JDU MLAs suddenly went out of the party's radar. Jitan ram Manjhi, who has 4 MLAs, also started appearing as a weak link of NDA. Manjhi had met Left mla Mehboob Alam on 10 February. After this there was speculation that Manjhi might change sides. In such a situation, the concern of the ruling party had increased a lot, but the nda operation which ran from 8 pm on sunday night to 8 am on monday changed the entire political scene. Even though the political battlefield was Patna, for these 12 hours, amit shah, along with Nitish Kumar, kept handling the politics of bihar from delhi itself.
NDA's concern had increased
When the proceedings of bihar Assembly started, there was no trace of JDU mla Bima Bharti, dilip Rai. Three bjp MLAs rashmi Verma, Bhagirathi Devi, Mishrilal Yadav were also not in the house. The leaders of bjp and JDU were continuously saying that all their MLAs will reach the House, but the way reports of attempts to break the MLAs were coming from there, it was increasing the concern of nda, although the central leadership of bjp was continuously in action. And amit shah fixed everything.