PATNA, April 23 -- The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government headed by chief minister Samrat Choudhary will seek the vote of confidence in a special session of the Bihar Assembly on Friday (today).

According to the Vidhan Sabha schedule, Speaker Prem Kumar will first make introductory remarks and then chief minister Samrat Choudhary will propose that "this Assembly expresses faith in the current Council of Ministers."

The leaders will get an opportunity to speak ahead of the confidence vote. That is the main agenda for the day. The session will conclude with obituary references.

With a brute majority of 202, the NDA government does not have any problem winning the confidence vote, which is a mere formality since a new leader is...