Mahadalit Leader Jitan Ram Manjhi

Former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today said neither he nor his family members will avail of reservation benefits in the next general and assembly elections.

BJP has not given any indication to its ally and mahadalit leader Jitan Ram Manjhi that he will be its chief minister candidate if the party-led NDA wins the Bihar Assembly elections, party president Amit Shah said today.

As the election campaign intensifies in Bihar, a battle between two top Mahadalit leaders, former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi and speaker in the outgoing assembly, Uday Narain Chaudhary, in central Bihar is turning out to be one of the most closely fought duel in these elections.

Calling himself the "most popular campaigner" among the BJP's allies in Bihar polls, mahadalit leader Jitan Ram Manjhi today asserted his party's strike rate will be better than all other NDA constituents.

NDA's Bihar allies have failed to clinch a seat-sharing deal till late evening with Mahadalit leader and former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi playing hardball, demanding more seats than what has been offered by the alliance spearhead BJP.

With Bihar election dates announced, BJP today held separate meetings with its allies to give final shape to their seat-sharing arrangements amid feud between its two partners, Mahadalit leader Jitan Ram Manjhi and Ram Vilas Paswan-led LJP.

Playing up the Dalit card, former Bihar Chief Minister and BJP ally Jitan Ram Manjhi today sought the community's vote in the upcoming Assembly polls while referring to his "insult" by Chief Minister and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar

Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi, fuelling speculation that he may align with the BJP in the upcoming Assembly election even as the Mahadalit leader maintained silence over the issue.

The day after Jitan Ram Manjhi garlanded a statue of socialist leader Ram Manohar Lohia, it was washed by a group of young men; one has been arrested, three are missing. Mr Manjhi's supporters have filed a police case, alleging that the suspects discriminated against the leader because he is from the extremely backward or Mahadalit caste.

Former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today said neither he nor his family members will avail of reservation benefits in the next general and assembly elections.

BJP has not given any indication to its ally and mahadalit leader Jitan Ram Manjhi that he will be its chief minister candidate if the party-led NDA wins the Bihar Assembly elections, party president Amit Shah said today.

As the election campaign intensifies in Bihar, a battle between two top Mahadalit leaders, former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi and speaker in the outgoing assembly, Uday Narain Chaudhary, in central Bihar is turning out to be one of the most closely fought duel in these elections.

Calling himself the "most popular campaigner" among the BJP's allies in Bihar polls, mahadalit leader Jitan Ram Manjhi today asserted his party's strike rate will be better than all other NDA constituents.

NDA's Bihar allies have failed to clinch a seat-sharing deal till late evening with Mahadalit leader and former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi playing hardball, demanding more seats than what has been offered by the alliance spearhead BJP.

With Bihar election dates announced, BJP today held separate meetings with its allies to give final shape to their seat-sharing arrangements amid feud between its two partners, Mahadalit leader Jitan Ram Manjhi and Ram Vilas Paswan-led LJP.

Playing up the Dalit card, former Bihar Chief Minister and BJP ally Jitan Ram Manjhi today sought the community's vote in the upcoming Assembly polls while referring to his "insult" by Chief Minister and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar

Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi, fuelling speculation that he may align with the BJP in the upcoming Assembly election even as the Mahadalit leader maintained silence over the issue.

The day after Jitan Ram Manjhi garlanded a statue of socialist leader Ram Manohar Lohia, it was washed by a group of young men; one has been arrested, three are missing. Mr Manjhi's supporters have filed a police case, alleging that the suspects discriminated against the leader because he is from the extremely backward or Mahadalit caste.