This story is from January 21, 2022

BJP should rein in its leaders in Bihar: HAM(S)

The war of words between the NDA constituents in Bihar escalated on Thursday with Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) led by minister Mukesh Sahani sharpening his attack on BJP and Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) led by former CM Jitan Ram Manjhi coming out in his support.
BJP should rein in its leaders in Bihar: HAM(S)
Former Bihar CM and Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi
PATNA: The war of words between the NDA constituents in Bihar escalated on Thursday with Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) led by minister Mukesh Sahani sharpening his attack on BJP and Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) led by former CM Jitan Ram Manjhi coming out in his support.
Sahani has made a dramatic claim that the BJP, the biggest party in the Bihar NDA with 74 MLAs, and VIP with four MLAs have equal value as far as support to the government led by Nitish Kumar was concerned.

“Nationally, it is PM Narendra Modi who leads the NDA at the Centre, and in the state, the NDA means CM Nitish Kumar. I am with Nitish Kumar. Back in 2020, our party had given letter of support for the formation of the government by Nitish Kumar, not by the BJP. The BJP with 74 MLAs and VIP with four MLAs hold equal value as far as the stability of the government is concerned,” Sahani said.
Sahani’s statement has shocked the state BJP. Panchayati raj minister and BJP leader Samrat Choduahry said, “Anyone is free to leave the government. But in 2020, the BJP had brought Sahani to the NDA. We gave 11 assembly seats to the VIP to contest and they won four of them. We respect the NDA partners.”
However, on Thursday, the things within the NDA appeared to have moved too far, as while Sahani appeared cut up and hurt by the recent attacks mounted on him by the state BJP leaders, state HAM(S) spokesman Danish Rizwan appealed to the top BJP brass to immediately “rein in” their state leaders and stop them from attacking Sahani. Rizwan also appealed to Nitish to personally look into the matter.
End of Article
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA