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Jitan Ram Manjhi became the Chief Minister of Bihar in unusual circumstances. As he himself never tires of saying, he owed his position not to the support of his followers but to the backing of his leader, his predecessor and Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar. A member of the backward Dalit community of Mahadalit, Mr. Manjhi is now busy building his political constituency, even if it be at the expense of Mr. Kumar’s own vote base. The Bihar Chief Minister won new followers in his community with his assertive speeches, even if, in the process, he lost some of the goodwill of his leader. Fr

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