Jitan Ram Manjhi sworn in as new chief minister of Bihar
May 20, 2014  17:22
Janata Dal-United's Jitan Ram Manjhi has been sworn in as the new chief minister of Bihar after Nitish Kumar stepped down on Monday.     

Jitan Ram Manjhi, is a legislator from Makhdumpur in Jehanabad district of central Bihar.   

Manjhi was inducted as a minister in the first cabinet of Nitish Kumar in November 2005, but removed soon after a case was detected against him in connection with an education department scam, from which he was later exonerated.
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