Till now, the practice was to seek a trust vote by moving a motion in the house and putting it to vote. Bihar assembly speaker Vijay Kumar Choudhary confirmed the new provision defining the procedure for seeking a trust vote would be incorporated in the rules of procedure of the Vidhan Sabha, after being approved by the house during the budget session. The matter is under consideration of the rules committee of the state assembly and its report is expected soon,” the speaker said. Legislature sources claimed once in place, Bihar would become the first state to have a defined procedure for a trust vote. Trust votes in Bihar have been fairly common since minority and coalition governments started.to come to office in the 1990s.

Source: Hindustan Times February 19, 2017 10:21 UTC