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Jitan Ram Manjhi (born 6 October 1944) is an Indian politician from the eastern state of Bihar who served as its 23rd Chief Minister from 20 May 2014 to 20 February 2015. He was the founding President of Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM).
April 19, 2024. Jitan Ram Manjhi is contesting 2024 Lok Sabha Elections on as Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) candidate from , GAYA (SC) constituency , BIHAR. Jitan Ram Manjhi 's...
Apr 14, 2024 · Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi hails from the Musahar caste, which is among the Mahadalit communities in Bihar. A seven-time MLA, he held the CM’s office for nine months from...
Oct 1, 2023 · PATNA: Former Bihar chief minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) founder Jitan Ram Manjhi on Sunday announced his retirement from electoral politics, saying he is too old to contest elections now. This comes amid speculations that he could be suitably given “post-retirement” post by the BJP.
Aug 15, 2014 · THE INDIAN DREAM. The story of Jitan Ram Manjhi, from rat-eater to Bihar chief minister. Manjhi’s family escaped floods in 1946 by climbing a tree. Image: Reuters/Krishna Murari Kishan. By....
Feb 9, 2015 · Both Nitish Kumar and Jitan Ram Manjhi met Bihar Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi on Monday — Kumar to stake claim to form the government; Manjhi to seek time until February 19 to prove his majority. The chief minister also asked the Governor for a secret ballot and observers from both sides to oversee the Assembly show of strength.
Former Bihar chief minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) leader Jitan Ram Manjhi, who has been predicting the return of Nitish Kumar to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) fold...
Jun 21, 2023 · Former Bihar CM Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) to support NDA. The announcement was made in Delhi after Mr. Manjhi and the party’s national president Santosh Suman...
Jun 16, 2023 · Following days of hard bargain, BJP on Monday (September 14) sealed a seat sharing pact for the Bihar assembly polls with its allies under which it will contest 160 of the 243 seats, while sparing 20 for Mahadalit leader Jitan Ram Manjhi's HAM (S), besides 40 for Ram Vilas Paswan's LJP.
Sep 15, 2015 · The former Bihar chief minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha founder, Jitan Ram Manjhi, has come a long way since he joined politics as a Dalit protégé of former CM Jagannath Mishra in 1980. That was when Indira Gandhi was looking for a few young Dalit faces. "I interviewed Manjhi, in his late 30s," Mishra told ET.
