Patna, March 11: Seating arrangement in the Assembly today left many an MLA of the Jitan Ram Manjhi "camp" flummoxed.

The first thing they did as soon as they reached the Assembly was to go through the seating arrangement chart put up in the lobby.

Four Assembly staff were deputed with the chart to brief MLAs in case of any confusion and they were found helping out the legislators. However, so far as Manjhi loyalists were concerned, they appeared dissatisfied with the arrangement.

Former minister Nitish Mishra was the first to express his disappointment while checking the chart. Mishra said: "It seems the seniority issue has not been taken into consideration."

Mishra was one of the MLAs from the Manjhi camp who was not allotted a seat during the February 20 trust vote and alleged that being an MLA he was supposed to get a seat. However, this time the scenario was different. He was allotted a seat along with other rebel MLAs but not as per their wish.

Brishen Patel, another Manjhi loyalist, looked cheerful with a white turban on his head for a change. Earlier, he used to wear a round cap. He was found speaking to his fellow colleagues and said he would nail Nitish Kumar being in the party and that's the reason he had decided to vote in his favour during the vote of confidence.

"The question is not about ideology and party. What matters most is how to nail Nitish and that you have to be in the party. Let people say anything about our decision that we are afraid of losing the membership," said Brishen.

MLAs Ajay Pratap and Sumit Singh, son of Narendra Singh, looked very tensed while checking the seating arrangement chart. When others were checking their name, Sumit said: "I think my name is not there on the chart. I cannot find it anywhere."

However, he took a long breath when one of his colleagues said his name was very much mentioned in the chart.

It was interesting to see that all leaders of the Manjhi camp, including former minister and Independent MLA Vinay Bihari, entered the Assembly almost at the same time. However, Vinay sounded confused during the lobby division voting. Vinay did not cast his vote. Asked about the reason, he said: "It was the first time as MLA and I had no idea about lobby division. So I chose to leave it."

The importance of winning the trust vote could be understand from the fact Sanjay Kumar Das, the JDU MLA from Rajapakar, entered the Assembly in a T-shirt and trouser with the help of two other MLAs who had lifted him from both sides. Later, it was come to know that Das was unwell and as soon as voting got over, he was taken back to his car.

On the other hand, the BJP MLAs appeared very upbeat and found in cheerful mood. In fact, before and after the session, all the party MLAs, including Leader of Opposition Nand Kishore Yadav, gathered at the portico to show the victory sign.

Disqualified MLA Gyanendra Singh Gyanu, who does not have a right to vote, too was found roaming in the Assembly and checking the chamber of BJP leaders.

Earlier, Nand Kishore attacked Nitish Kumar for putting "sushasan" (good governance) which was invented during NDA rule to satiate his ego and in the lust to become Prime Minister. He said Nitish's claim of good governance was "self contradictory" as he has joined hands with RJD and Congress.