Patna (IANS):Finally, BJP has decided to support Manjhi during the confidence vote in the assembly Feb 20, said BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi.

"After a long meeting of the BJP legislators, the party has decided to support Manjhi during his confidence vote in the assembly," Modi said.

Earlier, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators created a ruckus and protested in the Bihar assembly complex against the decision to appoint the JD-U leader as the leader of opposition.

"We will not sit silently... giving the status of the opposition party to JD-U is not correct. We will protest against this move," Yadav told IANS.

"How did the speaker take away the opposition party tag from the BJP," asked senior party leader Shahnawaz Hussain.

"We protest against this move as well as the way the JD-U is treating Manjhi, who is a Mahadalit," Hussain said at a press conference in Delhi.

Hussain also said that the BJP has nothing to with the charges of horse-trading being made by the Nitish Kumar's camp.