Rift in Bihar NDA? Jitan Ram Manjhi's HAM alleges BJP of destablising Nitish Kumar govt

Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) spokesperson Dr Danish Rizwan has alleged that some BJP leaders were trying to destabilise Nitish Kumar-led government in Bihar.

A rift seems to be widening in Bihar NDA as one of its allies, Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM), has demanded the setting up of a co-ordination committee in the backdrop of comments made by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders who questioned the Nitish Kumar-led government over incidents of atrocities against Dalits. Recently, BJP MP and Bihar party unit president Sanjay Jaiswal and state minister from BJP Janak Ram, attacked the government over incidents of atrocities against Dalits in Motihari, Gopalganj and Jamui. Sanjay Jaiswal had questioned Bihar police's style of functioning in a case in which a Dalit was allegedly tortured by the Muslim community in Motihari. On the other hand, Janak Ram shot off a letter to the DM and SP of Gopalganj and Jamui, raising the issue of alleged religious conversions of Dalits and getting them married to Muslim youths.