Manjhi Launches front to 'Expose' Nitish

Posted on 2nd Mar 2015 11:14 am by mohit kumar

Patna, Feb 28 (IANS) Nearly a week after he was forced to quit as Bihar's chief minister, Jitan Ram Manjhi Saturday launched a new political front to "expose the real face" of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

The Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) is being seen as the first step to counter Nitish Kumar and his Janata Dal-United ahead of state elections to be held this year.

"We have decided to launch HAM after marathon meetings and discussions with supporters and sympathisers including former ministers," said Manjhi, expelled from the JD-U before he resigned as chief minister.

Manjhi's supporters mostly belong to Mahadalits -- his caste -- and backward and extreme backward castes.

Manjhi said he and his supporters would "expose the real face of Nitish Kumar and the JD-U".

He said he could work as chief minister for just 12 days out of his nine-month tenure because verbal fights claimed most of his time.

"Though I was chief minister for nine months, I actually worked only for 12 days from Feb 7 to 19," Manjhi said.

Earlier, he said that after becoming the chief minister last year, he had to be "a rubber stamp" for two to three months.

"I used to get a list of transfer and posting of officials from Nitish Kumar on which I had to simply put my signature. I was not even consulted who would be my ministers.

"Then I realised that I shouldn't compromise on the issue of self respect and then from there the problems started," he said.

Nitish Kumar resigned as chief minister following the JD-U's rout in the Lok Sabha election last year.

Manjhi, who was made chief minister in May 2014, resigned Feb 20 this year after a leadership row involving Nitish Kumar.

Other news

New equation of power in Maharashtra: MNS can join rebel MLA of Shiv Sena, had talks with Raj Thackeray 3 times; This is BJP's planning

Shiv Sena rebel MLA Uddhav's cousin Raj Thackeray's party may join Maharashtra Navnirman Sena. Th

Corona: Active cases of corona increased 20 times in the country in 15 days, the figure crossed 5000, and four deaths also occurred in 24 hours

Active cases of corona in the country have crossed 5000. On May 22, this figure was 275. In such

Weather Updates: Forecast of snowfall and rain on the mountains, know how the weather will be in Delhi and other states today

The Meteorological Department has told that in the next few days, what will be the condition of t

GST: Rs 1,48,995 crore GST collection in July, 28% increase over last year

GST collection of Rs 1,48,995 crore has been done in July. This amount is 28 percent more than th

Marathi Row: Sanjay Raut attacks Nishikant Dubey, says- who knows him? Also raised questions on CM Fadnavis' silence.

The controversy that started in Maharashtra over the Marathi language is increasing. After Shiv S

Mumbai welcomed the new year with heavy rainfall, and Delhi may also experience showers; read the IMD update.

The first day of the new year saw a severe cold wave in North India. Meanwhile, Mumbai, the capit

Rahul Gandhi: 'Congress ignored Dalits and backward classes in the 90s', Rahul said- the party lost their trust

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that in the 1990s, the Congress ignored the interests of Dalits

Israel-Hamas War: 7044 people died in the bloody war, and 7600 rockets were fired on Gaza; Netanyahu told the complete plan of ground attack

On the 19th day of the Israel-Hamas war, the Israeli Air Force carried out a massive bombardment

Israel: Knesset speaker said - 26/11 attackers should be brought to book, Ohana has come to India on a four-day tour

Speaker of Israeli Parliament Knesset Amir Ohana is in India on his four-day visit. Ohana on Tues

Election Expenditure: BJP spent 340 crores in the elections of five states, Congress no less

The BJP spent Rs 340 crore in the assembly elections held in five states earlier this year. The p