The Union Minister and president of Hindustani Awam Morcha, Jitan Ram Manjhi, expressed deep gratitude to Nitish Kumar, the chief of Janata Dal-United and a fellow ally in the coalition of NDA, for making him the Chief Minister of Bihar in 2014. For him, it was an endowment of enormous respect upon him.
Manjhi admitted that though Kumar himself had suggested some years ago that he should start his own party, he did not repent making that decision. He described such migrations as routine in politics.
Reflecting on the days gone by, Manjhi maintained that if Kumar had not ordered his appointment as Chief Minister, he wouldn't have reached this far. Burying all his differences with Kumar, he said that Kumar never interfered with his decisions.
He also justified the approach of Kumar towards the issues of Bihar's law and order. He said Kumar has a clean stand on elements of crime. He contrasted that against the pre-2005 situation to bring improvements in curbing extortion and crimes under Kumar's governance.
Looking at the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls, Manjhi announced a plan of HAM to contest 25 seats but said that it was ready to contest more. It is asserted that HAM would contest within the NDA alliance and is confident of electoral success.
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