Manjhi quit the post on day of vote and later Nitish Kumar took oath as chief minister again on 22 February 2015 ending the crisis.
Nitish Kumar belonged to Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)), a smaller member party of NDA.
Nationally NDA secured absolute majority in the Parliament and formed the government with Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister of India.
Following poor performance of the JD(U) in election, Nitish Kumar resigned on 17 May 2014 as the chief minister of Bihar citing moral responsibility.
He made several provocative statements, like upper castes are foreigners, hoarding of food grains by small traders was okay.
On 9 February 2015, Manjhi was expelled from the party for intentionally courting controversies, due to his poor administrative skills and refusing to make way for Nitish Kumar to return as the Chief Minister.
Patna High Court stayed the election of Nitish Kumar as the leader of JD(U) state legislative party.
[8] When not invited soon to prove the majority, Nitish Kumar paraded 128 MLAs in front of President of India, Pranab Mukherjee on 11 February 2015 in Delhi.
[13] Patna High Court stopped Manjhi cabinet taking any financial decisions until proven majority but later allowed it.
[1][15] The governor asked Manjhi to seek vote of confidence on 20 February 2015, the first day of budget session of assembly.