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RJD gets Ramji Manjhi, BJP member of the dissolved LS from Gaya, when he joined the party with several supporters. Manjhi said he decided t...

March 21, 2004 12:00 AM IST

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RJD gets Ramji Manjhi, BJP member of the dissolved LS from Gaya, when he joined the party with several supporters. Manjhi said he decided to return to the RJD as he was being suffocated in the BJP, which he called ‘‘the party of capitalists’’. While the BJP had denied Manjhi a ticket, he claimed Laloo Prasad Yadav had assured him a nomination from Gaya.

BJP bagged former Congress MP Yashpal Singh today. Former UP CM Kalyan Singh welcomed him to the party