Manjhi meets AIMIM neta

PATNA: Rumour mills have gone into an overdrive with Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi meeting Akhtarul Iman, the state president of All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM), at the latter’s residence here on Friday and holding parleys with him for about an hour. Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM has one seat in the 243-member Bihar legislative assembly.
Though Manjhi and Iman have described their meeting as “informal” and “personal”, insiders said the two leaders explored the possibilities of forging an alliance between HAM (S) and AIMIM in the Bihar assembly elections due in October-November.
“It’s true that Manjhi met Iman. However, the meeting was apolitical in nature,” HAM (S) spokesperson Danish Rizwan said.
Iman, on his part, said, “I have been in touch with Manjhi since long. After all, Manjhi is a senior politician and also served as CM of the state.”