News India Live, Digital Desk: Patron of Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, who has a distinct identity in the politics of Bihar, has once again expressed his old pain. Years later, he has revealed the secret of who was the real player behind his removal from the post of Chief Minister of Bihar. Most people believe that Manjhi was removed by Nitish Kumar to take back his chair, but Manjhi has revealed a new and shocking aspect of this story.
Jitan Ram Manjhi’s grief was evident while talking to journalists during a program on Saturday. He clearly said, “People say that Nitish Kumar removed me from the post of Chief Minister, but this is not the complete truth. The truth is that Lalu Prasad Yadav had put pressure on Nitish ji to remove me.”
Why did Lalu apply pressure?
Manjhi, while telling the story behind the scenes, said that when he was made the Chief Minister, he started working in his own way. He took many big decisions in favor of the poor and Mahadalits, which RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, who was part of the Grand Alliance at that time, did not like. According to Manjhi, Lalu Yadav was afraid that if the son of a Mahadalit continued to work like this, his own vote bank would slip.
Manjhi said, “Lalu ji put pressure on Nitish ji to remove this ‘madman’ (Manjhi), otherwise we will topple your government. Nitish ji was helpless at that time and he had to obey Lalu ji.”
Called Nitish a great leader
Interestingly, Manjhi also praised Nitish Kumar, calling him a great leader. He said that it was Nitish ji who brought the son of a Mahadalit to the post of Chief Minister. He also admitted that Nitish Kumar also had a role in his removal, but the real pressure was from Lalu Yadav.
This statement of Manjhi has once again created a stir in the politics of Bihar. This has again rekindled the old debate as to whether Lalu Yadav really did not want any Dalit leader to establish a strong base for himself in Bihar. This statement of Manjhi has come at a time when political equations are changing rapidly in the state.
North India Statesman