Manjhi poser to Nitish on corruption

July 13, 2017 09:32 pm | Updated 09:34 pm IST - New Delhi

Jitan Ram Manjhi. File

Jitan Ram Manjhi. File

Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Thursday raised questions over incumbent Nitish Kumar’s “zero-tolerance model” towards graft asking if he was trying to “save his own post” by not acting against his deputy Tejaswi Yadav.

“Nitish ji talks about zero-tolerance model in Bihar, but he doesn’t take action so that he can save his post and the Grand Alliance. Isn’t that model a farce?” he asked.

“Tejaswi, I believe, should have resign

“Though I do not want anarchy in the State. In my opinion, if the alliance splits, the BJP should consider giving outside support to the JD(U). But then, it is also for the BJP’s state unit to consider,” he said.

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