This time in Bihar Assembly elections, Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) contested on 6 seats and registered a resounding victory on 5 seats. Despite this, none of the winning MLAs of the party got a place in the new cabinet of Nitish Kumar. Still, party chief Jitan Ram Manjhi seems happy and the reason for this is his son Santosh Suman becoming a minister once again.

5 HAM MLAs win, but no one gets ministerial post
The 5 seats won by Hindustani Awam Morcha in this election include-

• Deepa Manjhi from Imamganj (daughter-in-law of Jitan Ram Manjhi)
• Lalan Ram from Kutumba, who defeated Congress President Rajesh Ram
• Barachatti to Jyoti Devi (Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Samdhan)
• Romit Kumar from Atri
• Prafulla Kumar Manjhi from Sikandra

None of these five have been given ministerial post in the Nitish government. This is being considered a big sign in political circles, but no voice of displeasure was raised in the Manjhi group.

Santosh Suman became minister for the third time
Even though the winning MLAs did not get a place in the new government of Nitish Kumar, Jitan Ram Manjhi’s son Santosh Kumar Suman has once again been made a minister. This will be his third term. Suman is the national president of HAM and also a member of Bihar Legislative Council.

Why is Santosh Suman important?
Santosh Suman is considered a leader who is educated and does politics with planning. He has done MA in Political Science from Delhi University. He has passed UGC-NET. He has done PhD from Magadh University. Before coming into politics, he was a lecturer and social worker. While being a minister, he did many works in the Scheduled Caste and Tribe Welfare Department. By resigning from the Nitish cabinet in 2023, he also gave a strong political message on the issue of independent identity of the party.

HAM’s small performance, but big political role
Although, HAM’s performance in the 2025 Bihar elections was not very good, but this party emerged as very important in the political equations. Manjhi’s role in coalition politics has continuously increased and Santosh Suman becoming a minister is the biggest proof of this.

After the landslide victory of NDA in Bihar Assembly elections 2025, discussions are now intensifying regarding the post of Chief Minister. Meanwhile, a big statement of HAM (Secular) National President Santosh Kumar Suman has come out, which has made it clear with whom his party stands. Santosh Suman said while talking to the media that we thank the public, this is the victory of democracy. We had gone to congratulate Nitish Kumar. This mandate has been received under his leadership, hence he will definitely become the Chief Minister.

He further said that the credit for victory goes to the public. Nitish Kumar deserves congratulations. Thanks to the Prime Minister and all the coalition leaders. Santosh Suman also said that everyone knows that Nitish Kumar has the ability to lead Bihar. Therefore he will definitely become the Chief Minister. This statement makes it clear that HAM (Secular) is completely united in the name of Nitish Kumar.

Chirag Paswan’s support
Regarding making Nitish Kumar the CM, Chirag Paswan said that he will discharge the role of the Chief Minister. Apart from this, while targeting the Grand Alliance, he said that they were talking about dictatorship.

JDU leader’s statement
Senior JDU leader Shyam Rajak has given a clear signal by giving a big statement on this debate. He said that the entire alliance stands with Nitish Kumar and the elections were also fought under his leadership. According to him, there is no difference of opinion in the NDA and Nitish Kumar will remain the Chief Minister in future too. Shyam Rajak’s words gave great strength to the speculation that JDU is sticking to its old decision.

BJP General Secretary Vinod Tawde
Just hours after NDA’s victory, BJP General Secretary Vinod Tawde had said that the decision to elect the Chief Minister will be taken by all the NDA parties together. This one line was enough to heat up the political atmosphere. Although he later also said that the elections were fought under the leadership of Nitish Kumar, but the first statement created suspense in the entire state. For this reason, JDU leaders repeatedly clarified that the leadership will remain the same as it was during the elections.

Statement of BJP MLA Raju Singh
While talking to the media, Raju Singh said that the Chief Minister is not selected by the statement of any one leader, but by the procedure laid down by NDA. According to him, only the legislative party meeting takes the final decision and this has also been the tradition of the NDA. He clarified that this is completely a matter of top leadership and all the parties of the alliance will take the decision together. Raju Singh said that the confidence with which the public has given a historic majority to the NDA. Both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar played a big role in that. According to him, when both the face of the campaign and the experience of the government are based on Nitish Kumar, then it is natural for him to be ahead for the post of Chief Minister.

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