Months ahead of upcoming Bihar elections, former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) on Thursday quit the RJD-led Grand Alliance (Mahagathbandhan). "HAM will no longer be a constituent of the grand alliance. Every effort was made to stay in the grand alliance but it was difficult to stay because of the RJD, he said. Further course of action has been left to the party chief, he added. Manjhi broke ranks with the NDA and became part of the grand alliance after JD(U) returned to NDA fold in 2018.

Source: dna August 20, 2020 17:03 UTC