Union Minister and Hindustan Awam Morcha (HAM) Chief Jitan Ram Manjhi invoked a verse from poet Ramdhari Singh Dinkar's 'Rashmirathi' to demand 15 seats from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which he is a part of. Amid the ongoing seat-sharing talks in the alliance, Manjhi has declared he would like his party, HAM, to contest 15 seats out of the 243-seat assembly in Bihar.

Manjhi, who is also a former Chief Minister of Bihar, wrote in a post on 'X', "If there is justice, then give half. If there is any obstacle in that, then give only 15 grams. Keep your entire land, HAM will happily eat that, and not raise a sword against kin." The verse is from Dinkar's Rashmirathi, where Lord Krishna was trying to convince the Kaurvas to give five villages to each of the Pandavas.

October 8, 20

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