Former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Friday claimed that “poisonous substances” are being mixed in Nitish Kumar’s food. He claimed that a conspiracy is being hatched to remove Kumar as the CM, and hence, “he’s being intoxicated”. “The way he has been speaking recently proves it,” Manjhi added.
Manjhi further citied another example from a tribute meeting attended by the Bihar CM. “…This is why flowers are being offered to Ashok Chaudhary instead of Mahavir Chaudhary,” he added.
A video of Nitish Kumar paying tribute to a ‘dead leader’ went viral recently. While the Bihar CM was there to pay respect to Mahavir Chaudhary, he showered flowers on his son Ashok Chaudhary, who is Kumar’s cabinet colleague.
Nitish babu visited minister Ashok Chaudhary’s house to pay tribute to his late father.
Instead of showering flowers on his father’s picture, he showered them on Ashok Choudhary.Is Nitish Kumar well? He has started behaving weird lately . pic.twitter.com/ybFl1Bzinu
— Mr Sinha (@MrSinha_) November 7, 2023
Manjhi’s comments came a day after Nitish Kumar lost his cool in the Bihar assembly and said it was due to his “stupidity” that he had made Manjhi the chief minister of the state.
NITISH KUMAR GIVES MANJHI A MOUTHFUL
Manjhi, now president of the Hindustani Awam Morcha-Secular (HAM-S), became the CM in May 2014 when he was with Janata Dal (United) and Kumar stepped down from the post on moral grounds following his party’s drubbing in the 2014 Lok Sabha election.
“He keeps saying he too has been a chief minister. He became a chief minister because of my stupidity. Does he have any sense (ye bolta hai ki hum Mukhyamantri the. Meri moorkhta ki vajah se mukhyamantri bana. Isko koi sense hai)”, Kumar screamed, causing commotion in the House. Kumar’s cabinet colleagues were seen tugging at his kurta, urging him to calm down and take his seat, though the septuagenarian did not relent until he had given Manjhi a mouthful.
He also said “journalists should also know the complete facts. They keep giving a lot of publicity to this man”. BJP members, who rose in protest, were told by Kumar, “this man has always been wanting to remain in your company. When I dumped you a year ago, I had asked him to stay put, but he insisted that he wanted to come with me. Now he has run away. He wants to become a governor. Please oblige him”.