Jitan Ram Manjhi

Patna, May 8 (IANS): Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Friday formally launched a new party, Hindustan Awami Morcha (HAM), which will contest all the 243 seats in the coming assembly polls. HAM leader Shakuni Choudhary has…

Bihar Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi has invited JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar to form the next government in the state. Nitish will take oath as the Chief Minister on February 22. Earlier, Jitan Ram Manjhi had resigned ahead of the trust vote,…

Senior JD-U leader Nitish Kumar, who may become the next Bihar chief minister after Jitan Ram Manjhi quit, Friday publicly apologised to the people for his mistake in having resigned last year. "I admit that I had made a mistake by…

Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, who was disowned by the JD(U), has resigned this morning in a dramatic manner just a few hours before the much-awaited trust vote. The BJP had already extended support to him, but he failed to get the…

In a big blow to Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, the Patna High Court Thursday ordered that eight rebel JD-U legislators, considered close to Manjhi, would not vote Feb 20 during the confidence motion in the assembly. A bench of…

Hours before Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi seeking a trust vote inside the House, Assembly Speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhary granted the status of Principal Opposition Party to JD(U) in place of BJP, which is seen as an 'arbitrary'…

In a set back to JD-U leader Nitish Kumar, the Patna High Court Wednesday stayed his election as the new leader of the legislature party, a government lawyer said. Hearing a petition filed by Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's loyalist,…

Bihar's ruling JD-U Monday expelled Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi from the party for six years, chief whip Shrawan Kumar said. "(JD-U national president) Sharad Yadav has expelled Manjhi from the party for anti-party activities," said…

The JD(U) led by Nitish Kumar and Sharad Yadav quashed the rebellion of Jitan Ram Manjhi with an iron hand and sacked him as the Chief Minister. At the Legislature Party meeting, the MLAs elected Nitish Kumar as their leaders to take charge…

As expected, Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi has recommended the dissolution of Bihar Assembly against the wishes of majority of his Cabinet colleagues. At the Cabinet meeting, he sought to thawrt any move to remove him from the post…