Voting is also to be held on 4 parliamentary seats of Bihar in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024. Voting will also be held in Gaya Lok Sabha seat in the first phase. Many candidates filed nominations for the first phase on Thursday, the last day. These include NDA candidate former CM Jitan Ram Manjhi. Jitan Ram Manjhi filed his nomination at Gaya Collectorate on Thursday. During this, Deputy CM Samrat Chaudhary and BJP MLC Mangal Pandey were also present.
Jitanram Manjhi said, it is my dream to become an MP.
While talking to the media before nomination, Jitan Ram Manjhi said that PM Modi keeps worrying about us. Whether we remain in his alliance or not, he gave us prestige on many occasions. Jitan Ram Manjhi said that I had dreamed of becoming an MLA and had also dreamed of becoming an MP, we are not worried about what will happen next. He said that we believe in karma.
Manjhi spoke on his political journey of 44 years..
Jitan Ram Manjhi said that everyone contests elections with an expectation. 44 years have passed since my politics. We are enrolling today to utilize the remaining time in serving the public. Jitan Ram Manjhi said that we do not consider the fight to be easy or difficult. Let’s fight a fight considering it a fight. We will get the blessings of the public.
Jitanram Manjhi has lost elections from Gaya thrice.
Let us tell you that Jitan Ram Manjhi has contested the Lok Sabha elections from Gaya seat for the first time 33 years ago. Then he had contested on Congress ticket. But he could not win. After a long gap, Manjhi once again tried his luck in the 2014 elections. He contested this seat for the second time on JDU ticket. But Jitan Ram Manjhi lost the election for the second time also. Then in 2019, Jitan Ram contested elections from Manjhi Gaya seat as a candidate of Grand Alliance. Then JDU’s Vijay Manjhi had defeated him by a huge margin. This time Jitan Ram Manjhi is contesting the elections from the party as an NDA candidate. He will have a direct contest with RJD candidate Kumar Sarvjeet.