Jitan Ram Manjhi

"Want Left Parties In Bihar Grand Alliance", Says Upendra Kushwaha

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday September 8, 2019

RLSP chief and former Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha on Sunday said the five-party Grand Alliance in Bihar needs to be expanded and efforts will be made to bring Left parties on board. The coalition comprising the RJD, the Congress, the RLSP, former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's HAM(S) and former Bollywood set designer Mukesh Sahni's VIP won j...

"When Mother Kisses Son, Is It Sex?" Jitan Ram Manjhi Defends Azam Khan

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday July 28, 2019

Bihar leader Jitan Ram Manjhi today came to the defence of Samajwadi leader Azam Khan whose sexist remarks in parliament against Lok Sabha deputy speaker Rama Devi evoked outrage. Azam Khan's remark, he said, is being misinterpreted.

Lok Sabha Polls: Now, BJP Minister Says Masood Azhar Ji After Party Attacks Jitan Manjhi

India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Saturday May 4, 2019

BJP leader and union minister Jayant Sinha, who is contesting the 2019 Lok Sabha polls from Hazaribagh in Jharkhand, used the honorific during an election rally in the state

Jitan Ram Manjhi Calls Masood Azhar "Saheb", Triggers Controversy

India News | Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Saturday May 4, 2019

Former Bihar Chief Minister and Jitan Ram Manjhi courted controversy today by addressing Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar as "Saheb", drawing sharp reactions from the BJP. He soon retracted and called the remark as "slip of tongue."

Top Leaders File Nomination On Last Day For 1st Phase Of Lok Sabha Polls

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday March 25, 2019

Political heavyweights including Union ministers Nitin Gadkari, VK Singh, former chief ministers Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Harish Rawat and Jitan Ram Manjhi filed their nominations Monday, the last day for submitting the papers for the first phase of Lok Sabha polls on April 11.

Except One, All Union Ministers From Bihar To Contest Their Seats: Sources

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Sunday March 17, 2019

The BJP has decided that all Union Ministers from Bihar - barring Giriraj Singh - will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from their old constituencies, sources said. This time, Mr Singh will stand from Begusarai instead of Nawada, which has gone to the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) as part of the seat-sharing arrangement in the state, they added...

On Grand Alliance Seat-Sharing, Jitan Manjhi's Warning Before Key Meet

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday March 13, 2019

A day before the Grand Alliance meets in Delhi to finalise the seat sharing for the Lok Sabha elections, the Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) warned on Tuesday that it will not contest if it was not given a respectable number of seats.

NDA Sankalp Rally A "Big Flop", Says Jitan Ram Manjhi

India News | ANI | Monday March 4, 2019

Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi called the Sankalp Rally by the NDA in Patna on Sunday a "big flop", saying that the rally failed to draw large crowd.

Jitan Ram Manjhi Meets Lalu Yadav To Discuss Grand Alliance Seat-Sharing

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday February 24, 2019

Former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi met jailed RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Saturday to discuss seat sharing ahead of Lok Sabha elections. Lalu Yadav has asked alliance partners of the proposed "mahagathbandhan" to sit and discuss seat adjustments.

Jitan Ram Manjhi Will Get Due Respect In NDA, Says BJP

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday February 21, 2019

The BJP on Wednesday said former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi would get due respect in the NDA if he chose to return to the coalition which he had walked out of a year ago.

Will Fight 20 Seats On Our Own If Things Do Not Work Out: Jitan Ram Manjhi

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday February 14, 2019

Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Thursday reiterated his demand for a respectable share of seats within grand alliance in the upcoming Lok Sabha poll and said his Hindustani Awam Morcha would contest 20 out of a total 40 parliamentary seats in the state on its own if denied its due.

Not Joining NDA, Will Stay With Grand Alliance: Jitan Ram Manjhi

India News | ANI | Wednesday February 13, 2019

Jitan Ram Manjhi had given rise to speculations of a rift in the Bihar grand alliance after he had said that his party will under no circumstance accept any less number of seats than what Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) will get.

Want Seats Not Less Than What Upendra Kushwaha Gets: Jitan Ram Manjhi

India News | Pres Trust of India | Tuesday February 12, 2019

Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Tuesday said his Hindustani Awam Morcha must get the same number of seats and not less than what would be offered to former union minister Upendra Kushwaha's Rashtriya Lok Samata Party, a late entrant into the "grand alliance".

Not Joining NDA: Ex-Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Scraps Rumour

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday February 9, 2019

Hindustani Awam Morcha (secular) president Jitan Ram Manjhi on Friday scotched rumour of his quitting mahagathbandhan and returning to the NDA and termed such unverified reports as a "conspiracy" to malign his and his party image.

Opposition Parties To BJP Ally, Quota Bill Opens Pandora's Box Of Demands

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Wednesday January 9, 2019

The Constitutional Amendment Bill to ensure 10% reservation in education and government jobs for the economically weak may have only crossed its first legislative hurdle, but it has already opened a pandora's box of similar demands from various political parties in the country.