Bihar polls: CM face confusion in Mahagathbandhan, seat chaos in NDA - decoding political drama

Manjhi, whose party is in alliance with the NDA in Bihar and at the centre, said if his party do not get the proposed number of seats, he will not contest the election.

“We are praying to NDA leaders because we feel humiliated. We need a respectable number of seats so that we get recognition as a party. If we do not get the proposed number of seats, we will not contest the election. We will support NDA, but we won't contest the election,” Manjhi said, according to NDTV.

He added that he didn't want to become a chief minister, but wanted his party to get recognised.

The Bharatiya Janata Janata Janata Party-led NDA in Bihar includes chief minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United), Chirag Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), Manjhi's HAM, and Rajya Sabha MP Upendra Kushwaha's Rashtriya Lok Morcha.