Janata Dal (United) expels Jiten Ram Manjhi

JD-U said Manjhi is being backed by the BJP president Amit Shah and also has support of Modi and had been involved in anti-party activities.

Chief Minister Jiten Ram Manjhi has been asked to show his strength on the floor of the House by the Governor. Manjhi earlier refused to step down as the CM revolting against his party.

Nitish Kumar claims the support of 130 MLAs and said he can parade them before Governor.

The JD-U has alleged that the BJP and PM Narendra Modi is unethically helping Manjhi.

"I am the Chief Minister and I will be here till the legislature party decides otherwise,"  Manjhi had said on Sunday after meeting Narendra Modi. He said he would take the support of anyone on the floor of the House.

Nitish Kumar was elected the leader of the Bihar Assembly at a  legislative party meeting on Saturday while his bete noire, chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi recommended to the governor to dissolve the house, stoking possibility of an early election in the state.

Earlier, governor Keshari Nath Tripathi accepted Manjhi's recommendation for dismissal of two  of his ministers--Rajiv Ranjan Singh Lallan and P K Shahi.

Shortly after being elected as the new leader, Nitish Kumar told  press conference  that there was a restlessness among party members on the way things were on in the state.

Earlier on Saturday, Manjhi met party President Sharad Yadav and Nitish Kumar ahead of a cabinet meeting and agreed to toe the party line by quitting as CM to pave way for the comeback of Nitish.

Manjhi was named as Bihar CM on May 17, 2014 after Nitish resigned following the party's electoral drubbing in the last Lok Sabha  polls.