Patna: Legislators of the RJD, Congress, HAMS and CPI, spurred on by the developments in Karnataka where the governor invited the BJP to form the government despite not having majority, on Friday marched to the Raj Bhavan demanding a floor test to form the Bihar government.

Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, along with representatives of other political parties, met governor Satya Pal Malik and submitted him letters of support from the Congress, the CPI and HAMS.

In the letter, the Opposition parties stressed that the RJD and the Congress should get the invitation to form the government in accordance with the SR Bommai vs Union of India, 1994 judgment as the RJD is the single-largest party and along with its allies is the largest bloc.

The MLAs first gathered at Tejashwi's 5 Deshratna Marg bungalow from where they marched to Raj Bhavan shouting slogans against the BJP and chief minister Nitish Kumar. They marched from the back gate of the bungalow; the distance from the main gate is much longer and would be gruelling on a day the maximum touched 37.4°C.

They started the parade at 12:45pm and reached Raj Bhavan at 1pm. Tejashwi, his elder brother Tej Pratap Yadav, Bihar Congress working president Kaukab Quadri, HAMS national spokesperson Danish Rizwan and the CPI's Tarari MLA Sudama Prasad were allowed to meet the governor. They came out after 25 minutes.

"We want to thank the governor who gave us time and heard us out carefully," Tejashwi said. "We told him that we are the single-largest bloc in Bihar and we should be invited to form the government.... We told him that we have the numbers. He said that he will inform us after thinking over the issue."

Asked, Tejashwi said the governor did not give any time frame and that they would wait for his response.

Tejashwi claimed that 111 MLAs marched on Friday, and that many JDU MLAs are in "constant touch" with the RJD.

"We told the governor that he should uphold the spirit of the Constitution and allow us to show our strength on the floor of the House following the Bommai judgment and the recent decision of the Karnataka governor which has become the guiding principle in such cases," Tejashwi said.

The ruling JDU dismissed the episode.

"Tejashwi is immature and does not have political knowledge and all this parade is nothing but a drama to attract media attraction," said JDU spokesperson Neeraj Kumar.