Jitan Ram Manjhi's assets increases by 11 times in 5 years
Patna, Sept 22: Former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi holds movable and immovable assets worth Rs 63 lakh, as per the affidavit filed by him with his nomination papers.
Manjhi has a house worth Rs.13 lakh, a 10-year-old Ambassador car and a 2011 model Mahindra Scorpio sport utility vehicle.[Bihar Election 2015: Special Coverage]
Manjhi,
whose
father
was
a
landless
labourer
in
Mahkar
village
in
Gaya
district,
used
to
own
five
acres
of
cultivable
land
worth
Rs.37
lakh
a
few
years
ago.
This
year,
Manjhi
courted
controversy
over
three
varying
declarations
about
his
age
and
assets.
Manjhi, president of the Hindustani Awam Morcha, has said he will contest from two assembly constituencies: Makhdumpur in Jehanabad district and Imanganj in Gaya district.
IANS