Jitan Ram Manjhi, Nitish Kumar to join hands tomorrow

PATNA: NDA in Bihar is likely to get a fourth partner soon with former CM and Hindustani Awam Morcha(S) president Jitan Ram Manjhi set to join hands with chief minister Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) on Thursday. The state assembly election is due in October-November and is likely to be announced next week.
“I will announce our coming together with Nitish on September 3,” Manjhi told TOI on Tuesday .
“Anyone reposing faith in the leadership of PM Narendra Modi is welcome to the NDA fold,” said state BJP president Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal.
It will be a homecoming of sorts for Manjhi, who was made CM by Nitish after JD(U)’s crushing defeat at the hands of BJP-led NDA in the 2014 Lok Sabha election.