Dashrath Manjhi’s son Bhagirath Manjhi joins JD(U)
The Hindu
Ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha election, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on June 16 roped in Bhagirath Manjhi, son of Dashrath Manjhi, the ‘Mountain Man’ of Bihar. Bhagirath Manjhi’s son-in-law Mithun Manjhi too joined the Janata Dal (United) in the presence of several senior leaders of the party.
Ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha election, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on June 16 roped in Bhagirath Manjhi, son of Dashrath Manjhi, the ‘Mountain Man’ of Bihar. Bhagirath Manjhi’s son-in-law Mithun Manjhi too joined the Janata Dal (United) in the presence of several senior leaders of the party.
The resignation of Santosh Suman, son of former Chief Minister of Bihar, was seen as a big setback for the Grand Alliance in Bihar ahead of the opposition meeting scheduled on June 23. To compensate for the loss, Nitish expanded his cabinet today and inducted another leader Ratnesh Sada from the same community – Mushar (rat eater) which Mr. Manjhi belonged to.
State president Umesh Singh Kushwaha, Rajya Sabha member Bashishtha Narayan Singh, Finance Minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary, Water Resources Minister Sanjay Jha, Building Construction Minister Ashok Choudhary, Science and Technology Minister Sumit Singh and newly inducted minster Mr. Sada were present in the meeting.
Way back in 2006, Mr. Kumar had offered his Chief Minister chair to Dashrath Manjhi when the latter had visited his weekly Janata Durbar.
“It was Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who did everything for my father and gave him due respect,” said Bhagirath Manhji.
It is the first time that Bhagirath Manjhi had joined any political party.
Mithun Manjhi too echoed the same and said that before Mr. Kumar nobody respected Mushar community.
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