Patna, Feb. 11 -- A day before Chief Minister Nitish Kumar seeks trust vote of his newly formed NDA government in the Assembly, political activities intensified in Bihar on Sunday with the ruling and opposition parties trying to keep their MLA strength intact and attempting to dent the other side to gain advantage during the floor test.

While the Congress has sent 16 of its 19 MLAs to Hyderabad to insulate them from any attempt of poaching by BJP, the main opposition RJD huddled all its legislators at the residence of former Deputy Chief Minister Tejaswi Prasad Yadav after calling them on the pretext of a crucial meeting on Sunday.

Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee (BPCC) President Akhilesh Prasad Singh tried to defend the decision to send...