AS we go to press, the Janata Dal (United) government in Bihar led by Nitish Kumar has decisively won the vote of confidence by securing the support of more than 50 per cent of the strength of the Bihar state assembly. In response to the JD(U)’s withdrawal from the NDA over the question of BJP announcing the virtual projection of Narendra Modi as its future prime ministerial candidate, 91 BJP MLAs in the Bihar assembly walked out before voting. However, even if they were present and voted, it would not have changed the outcome.