India
Manjhi's excuse for defeat?
Updated : Nov 08, 2015, 10:48 AM IST
BJP's ally Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) supremo Jitan Ram Manjhi, wants election commission to change his party's election symbol from a landline telephone to mobile phone next time.
"They had never seen a land line telephone and have pushed the wrong symbol. Because the landline phone, unlike the mobile, never became a house-hold item and remained confined to a handful. Many of my voters, who are extremely backward especially the youngsters and women, have never seen the landline phone,” he said.