Jitan Ram Manjhi's Hindustani Awam Morcha joins BJP-led NDA

The Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) has again joined hands with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), party chief Jitan Ram Manjhi announced after meeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his residence in New Delhi on Wednesday. We are an NDA partner. We have agreed to support the NDA and the NDA is also ready to be with us. This is what we discussed today,” Manjhi told reporters after his meeting with Shah. Asked if the issue of seat-sharing in Bihar for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls came up at the meeting, he said any such discussion will take place when the time comes..The HAM withdrew support to the Grand Alliance government in Bihar on Monday and a letter to the effect was handed over to Governor Rajendra Arlekar. Manjhi, after meeting the governor along with Suman, the national president of the HAM, said he will be in Delhi for the next few days during which he will try to meet leaders of the BJP-led NDA, including Shah, to explore future options. Kumar had recently accused Manjhi of “spying on the Mahagathbandhan allies” for the benefit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said his exit was good riddance.  “As of now, we have agreed to walk along with the NDA and the NDA has also agreed to walk along with us. That is all we discussed at the meeting,” the former Bihar chief minister said.