Manjhi’s HAM (S) withdraws support to Nitish government
The HinduThe Hindustani Awam Morcha on June 19 announced withdrawal of support to the Nitish Kumar government and submitted the letter of withdrawal to Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar. Last week, Mr. Manjhi’s son, Santosh Suman, who is also the national president of the HAM, resigned from the Cabinet accusing Mr. Kumar of building pressure to merge the party with the Janata Dal. ‘All options open’ Asked about alliance with the BJP, Mr. Suman said, “All the options are open in front of us but so far, we have not taken any decision on the alliance. We will be meeting top leaders of various political parties.” Both the father and son are likely to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president J.P. Nadda in Delhi. Mr. Kumar said had Mr. Manjhi attended the Opposition meet, he would have told everything to the BJP so he asked him to merge his party.