Spotlight on Manjhi

After staying in the shadows for some time, former Chief Minister of Bihar Jitan Ram Manjhi has suddenly found himself in the limelight. He has been invited by Congress leader Ahmed Patel to join the dinner hosted for Opposition leaders by United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi in Delhi today. Hindustani Awam Morcha founder Manjhi, a Dalit leader who recently broke away from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and joined the Rashtriya Janata Dal-led grand alliance, will have Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam working president M K Stalin, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav and members of other parties from different states who are not part of the NDA, for company.