Former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Sunday said being “suffocated” by the BJP and JD(U) as junior partners in the NDA and regretted stepping down in 2015, more than a year later. after a short time. Took oath of the highest office of power in the state. Manjhi, whose Hindustani Awam Morcha has four legislators in the 243-member assembly, was also of the view that with proper “affiliation” (coordination) “we can mark our presence in the upcoming Legislative Council elections when our support is sought”. great collaborators”.
Manjhi, whose son Santosh Kumar Suman is a minister in the state Nitish Kumar Also anointed as national president of the cabinet and Haim was addressing the party’s national executive. The NDA leaders, speaking on the condition of anonymity, ridiculed “yet another tantrum” thrown by septuagenarians and pointed to their past ups and downs, saying that their statements, though objectionable, were against the ruling coalition. were of little importance.
Active in politics since the 1980s, Manjhi has served as a minister under several chief ministers, though his moment of glory came in May 2014, when Nitish Kumar criticized the JD(U)’s defeat in the Lok Sabha elections. The responsibility was relinquished. Chief Minister’s post. After the JD(U) rank and file failed to reach a consensus on the replacement of its de facto leader, Kumar intervened and backed Manjhi, who was seen as a loyalist and served the purpose of sending the message. Could also do that the leader promoted one. Dalits as soon as they landed.
However, the months that followed witnessed a major political churn in Bihar and Kumar forged an alliance with the fanatical Lalu Prasad. By that time, Manjhi had come to be seen as unstable and many had alleged that he had become too friendly with the BJP. After Manjhi was ordered by the party to step down and make way for the return of his mentor, he tried to show a semblance of rebellion, but later resigned realizing that the numbers were not in his favor.
He also left the JD(U) along with some dissidents who had turned against Nitish Kumar and the breakaway group known as the Hum, which the BJP-led NDA, away from a strong alliance in Bihar, was gladly called. adjusted. However, the Grand Alliance, which came into existence as a result of the Lalu-Nitish alliance, inflicted a crushing defeat on the NDA in the 2015 assembly elections. Manjhi, who was in limbo, feared further marginalization if Kumar returned to the NDA in 2017. The founder of HAM left the NDA, joined the RJD-Congress alliance, and was quickly rewarded by Lalu with a Legislative Council berth for his son. Prasad’s party which had sufficient numbers in the assembly.
However, he soon grew impatient towards the RJD and its successor Tejashwi Yadav and parted ways ahead of the 2020 assembly elections. His return to the NDA had given rise to speculations of a merger of the HAM with the JD(U), which did not happen, although Manjhi never ruled out such a possibility. Known for speaking his mind on matters like alcohol consumption and religion, Manjhi has often lamented that he was never “taken seriously”.
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