Patna,(BiharTimes): Former Union minister and senior RJD leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh on Monday demanded that the former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi be made deputy chief minister by Nitish Kumar.

Talking to the media in the RJD office Raghuvansh said that by apologizing to the Janata Dal (United) workers and people of the state Nitish has indulged in partial course correction, but it would be complete when he appoints Manjhi as his deputy.

According to the RJD leader it was Nitish who gave Manjhi the opportunity to rule the state and it is he who removed him under certain circumstances. So, as a former minister in the Nitish cabinet, Manjhi should once again be accommodated.

As Raghuvansh is considered close to the party chief Lalu Prasad political commentators have started interpreting this demand in several ways. Is it his own view or the one of Lalu? This is being asked in the political circle.