New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Saturday claimed that he had done better work in the state than his predecessor Nitish Kumar and said he would prove majority in Assembly on February 20 or else step down.
Manjhi said that he would continue to serve as Bihar Chief Minister until his party Janata Dal United wants otherwise.
"Today I am very much the CM and will go on till JDU decides otherwise. Nitish cannot remain without doing politics, he is trying to become chief minister," he said taking on the man who made him the CM of Bihar.
Manjhi was in Delhi to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Talking about his meeting he said, "I discussed NITI Aayog with PM Modi. I am thankful to him that he has agreed to all the matters related to development of Bihar. I have not discussed any political thing with the Prime Minister."
The situation turned ugly in Bihar when 97 JDU MLAs unanimously elected Nitish Kumar as the Leader of the House on Friday with a defiant Manjhi not ready to quit.
Without much support from his own party, the options before Manjhi are limited and he is likely to resign soon.
Manjhi can also go for a cabinet expansion inducting 30 new ministers or he can send the proposal for dissolution of the Assembly. But any floor test would be a challenge because Manjhi doesn't have the requisite support within his own party.
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