Patna: After being slammed by Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar in the state Assembly, president of the Hindustani Awam Morcha-Secular (HAM-S) Jitan Ram Majhi sat on a protest outside the Speaker's chamber condemning the incident. Alleging of a conspiracy to eliminate Kumar for the CM's chair, Majhi said poison is being fed to Kumar for the last few days leading him to lose his mental stability.
Sitting outside Speaker Avadh Bihari Chaudhary's chamber, Manjhi alleged that a conspiracy is on to get hold of the CM's chair. "For the last few days, poisonous substances are being mixed in Kumar's food. As a result of which, instead of garlanding the photograph of Mahavir Choudhary, he offered flowers to the Ashok Choudhary, who is alive," Majhi said.
He further said that it was unfortunate that an 80-year-old public representative like him got slammed by a 74-year-old chief minister. "He (Nitish Kumar) obtained his degree in 1967-68 while I got mine in 1966. I was an MLA in 1980s and Nitish was MLA in 1985. He shouldn't have used such a language while talking to me yesterday," Majhi complained.
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On Thursday, while speaking in the Assembly on the caste census Majhi said that the benefits would not reach the needy. Kumar suddenly lost his cool and said it was his stupidity that he made Majhi the chief minister of the state. Majhi became the chief minister in May 2014 when he was in Janata Dal (United).
Majhi also rued that the Speaker did not prevent Kumar from speaking out of turn. "I was speaking in the time allotted to me about caste census. Suddenly, the chief minister started countering me. The Speaker should have stopped him but he instead allowed him to speak. So the Speaker is as much in fault as Kumar," he added.
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