PATNA: Former CM
Jitan Ram Manjhi was elected the leader of the Hindustani Awam Morcha-Secular (HAM-S) legislature party at a meeting held at his residence here on Thursday. Manjhi congratulated all the newly-elected MLAs of the party for winning the elections.
“The newly-elected legislators were felicitated at the event. We also celebrated the party’s best-ever performance in assembly elections in the state,” HAM-S spokesperson Danish Rizwan said. The Manjhi-led party had bagged four seats in the just concluded assembly elections.
Asked if Manjhi was eyeing ministerial berth, Rizwan said, “The party’s agenda is very clear. We will work for the welfare of people. Manjhiji has not made any demand for the ministerial portfolio. We will remain with the NDA even if our elected MLAs are not accommodated in the cabinet.”
“For the development of Bihar, the MLAs of Congress and RJD should come with us and support the NDA. Nitish hai toh vikas hai (sic),” Manjhi tweeted on Thursday.
“The elected MLAs of Congress should realise the leadership quality of Nitishji. He has been running the state in much effective way,” Manjhi, who won from Imamganj seat in Gaya by defeating RJD’s Udai Narayan Singh, said.