Jitan Ram Manjhi Flags NDA Discontent, Seeks Rajya Sabha Seat for HAM

Former Bihar Chief Minister and Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Sunday alleged that he has been treated unfairly within the NDA and indicated that he may have to reconsider his options if his party, Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM), is not allotted a Rajya Sabha seat. The former CM made the remarks in his Gayaji parliamentary constituency, where he addressed a function of his party and later responded to questions from journalists.

Manjhi, accompanied by his son Santosh Kumar Suman, HAM’s state minister and national president, spoke of the “treachery” he claimed to have faced in the alliance.

Speaking in the local dialect Magahi, he said, “We will have to chart our own path if we don’t get our due. My own ministerial berth is no big deal. I will survive politically even if I cease to be in the Union Cabinet.”