Ravish Tiwari / ET
Bharatiya Janata Party supporters widely expect Jitan Ram Manjhi to drive the sizeable mahadalit electorate, led by the musahar community, away from the JD (U) alliance to the BJPled NDA in the upcoming assembly elections. Sirsa Pahadi, a hamlet of over 100 households belonging to musahars, just off Gaya-Nawada roadside testifies to prevailing challenges before the BJP to this assumption.
The residents are not quite sure about the political affiliation of Manjhi, former chief minister of Bihar and Nitish Kumar's trusted aide turned foe. This suggests that the BJP may have to walk the extra mile into the musahar neighbourhoods to harness the prized support base that many believed the party had bagged when it tied up with Manjhi's Hindustan Awam Morcha. more
Bharatiya Janata Party supporters widely expect Jitan Ram Manjhi to drive the sizeable mahadalit electorate, led by the musahar community, away from the JD (U) alliance to the BJPled NDA in the upcoming assembly elections. Sirsa Pahadi, a hamlet of over 100 households belonging to musahars, just off Gaya-Nawada roadside testifies to prevailing challenges before the BJP to this assumption.
The residents are not quite sure about the political affiliation of Manjhi, former chief minister of Bihar and Nitish Kumar's trusted aide turned foe. This suggests that the BJP may have to walk the extra mile into the musahar neighbourhoods to harness the prized support base that many believed the party had bagged when it tied up with Manjhi's Hindustan Awam Morcha. more
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