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Manjhi fasts to protest annulment of cabinet decisions
Patna, March 9
Former Bihar chief minister
Jitan Ram Manjhi on Monday observed a day-long fast to protest against
the new cabinet's decision to annul 34 decisions taken by his
government.
"We protested against the Nitish Kumar government's
decision to annul 34 cabinet decisions by me," Manjhi told the media at
the Gandhi Maidan here, where workers of his newly launched Hindustani
Awami Morcha (HAM) took part in the protest.
Manjhi said they
will "expose the anti-people face of the Nitish Kumar government" and
will also hold a dharna to protest annulment of the decisions.
"We will organise a big rally in Patna on April 20," he said.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had earlier justified the annulment of Manjhi's decisions.
"It
was a right step to correct the wrong-doings of the previous government
of Manjhi, who took several decisions in a hurry, ignoring established
rules," he said.
Nitish Kumar also said Manjhi betrayed the people of the state by taking several decisions without realising their consequences.
He told the media he would review all decisions without any "prejudice or ill-wi