Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram
Manjhi has created another stir by making a Maoist-friendly comment on Sunday.
He said that there is nothing wrong in Maoists asking the contractors and businessmen
for levy.
"There is nothing wrong if
Maoists are demanding levy from contractors engaged in construction of roads,
bridge and building and businessmen," said the veteran politician.
Further he recalled that some
time ago he came in contact with three Maoists and asked them that why are they
demanding levy from contractors and businessmen and arson their vehicles and
other equipment if they don't comply with the demands. They told the CM that
contractors and businessmen are looting the taxpayer's money by showing bills
that are many times more than the actual money spent on their respective
projects. Hence, the Maoists are looting the looters.
Jitan Manjhi said that if the
contractors and businessmen are making money by illegal means, it is not wrong
to demand levy from them. Maoists are doing the right thing.
The Bihar CM and Nitish Kumar's trusted commander is not new to
controversy. His comments on inter caste marriage, calling all the upper caste
people outsiders, asking dalits to reproduce more, demanding the reservation
levels to be raised to 80%; all of them have managed to create a lot of
controversy.
Show Hurled at Manjhi, thrower arrested
A man has been nabbed by the
police for having hurled a shoe at Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today. The
incident took place when the CM was conducting his weekly "Janta
Durbar," a public get together where people are allowed to come to the CM
residence and talk about their problems to the CM himself. The shoe has been
reported to have missed its mark.
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