Bihar Elections 2015: Former CM Jitan Ram Manjhi asks for 13 seats

Former Bihar chief minister and head of Hindustan Awami Morcha (HAM) Jitan Ram Manjhi has asked for atleast 13 seats for his party in the upcoming Bihar assembly elections.

Clearing the air over CM chair, Manjhi said that he is with the National Democratic Alliance (ADA) without any condition, with an objective to eradicate 'jangal raj' and that he is not a CM candidate, reported Prabhat Khabar.

"We had a total of 18 MLAs, out of which five joined BJP. I didn't create any pressure on them. We have now 13 MLAs and no compromise will be made on their seats", he said in the report.

Manjhi, who also claims that he brought 34 different policies for the development of Bihar when he was the Chief Minister, said that when Nitish Kumar took over he was forced to implement only 16 of them. 

When asked on seat distribution, he said BJP president Amit Shah would finalise it in a week.