The Bihar unit chief of former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi’s party quit on Wednesday, citing Manjhi’s statement questioning Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s agitation against the CBI, while another leader quit claiming that the Bihar unit president had swindled party funds. Questioning Manjhi’s commitment to the Opposition Grand Alliance, HAMS Bihar unit president Brishen Patel resigned from his post and the party on Wednesday. “While all the leaders of Grand Alliance constituents supported Mamata Banerjee for showing courage and her stand against the Narendra Modi government for its misuse of central agencies, our party president (Manjhi) ended up criticising the Bengal chief minister. “If no action is taken against such a person despite him taking a line different from the one taken by the party president; then what is the logic in remaining in such a party?” Patel said. Danish too resigned from the party on Wednesday, accusing Patel of swindling party funds.

Source: The Telegraph February 06, 2019 22:30 UTC