Jitan Ram Manjhi: Bihar neta who jumped BJP ship at the right time

The right exit

Of all the turncoats, the smartest has turned out to be Jitan Ram Manjhi, who jumped ship at the right time. The former chief minister, who quit the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on the eve of the by-elections because he wanted the Jehanabad seat and the Janata Dal United-Bharatiya Janata Party combine would not give it to him, was exultant after the Rashtriya Janata Dal won the seat. The Hindustani Awam Morcha’s national spokesperson, Ajay Yadav said the NDA had paid the price for underestimating their party and its leader Manjhi. “The poor, Dalit communities consider him