Patna,(BiharTimes): Stating that there is no question of  removing chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi from his post,  former chief minister Nitish Kumar strongly condemned the  communal riots in Azizpur village of Muzaffarpur district.

“We held talks with people of both the sides to re-establish  love and harmony. I held talks with chief secretary, DGP,  other officials and various people belonging to Hindu and  Muslim communities. They have all been pressed into service,”  he told the mediapersons on Monday.

He termed the incident as unfortunate and tragic and appealed  to the people to maintain peace.  Distancing himself from the statements given by the two JD(U)  spokesmen, Nitish categorically stated that there was no such  plan to replace Jitan Ram Manjhi.  He asked party leaders not to cross ‘seema’ (limit) while 
speaking. “There is no need to speak much though in democracy  there is right to speak,” he added.  “I sacrificed (tyag) my post taking full responsibility (of  the electoral defeat) and handed over the responsibility to  Manjhiji. I do not see much. Now everyone should do their  works responsibly,” he added.
The senior JD(U) leader accuse the BJP of spreading lies  about him and Manjhi. “They (the BJP leaders) say that I am  running the government from remote, but at the same time they  say that I want to remove Manjhi. Which is true. I know about  split personality in a person, but here the whole party is  suffering from split personality,” he said.  “All their plans have been exposed and they would not  succeed,” Nitish said  Interestingy, while Nitish was counselling his partymen not  to cross limit his spokesmen Ajay Alok on Monday once again  attacked the ministers who are reportedly backing Manjhi. 
\However, he added that Narendra Singh had clarified his  position and held talks with the party leadership but Brishen  Patel and Nitish Mishra are still busy giving statements.