<p>Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Sunday revealed that the risk of losing at least 50,000 votes from a "powerful caste" had once forced him not to protect the honour of a poor Dalit family.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"For the sake of vote bank politics in the 1990 assembly polls in Fatehpur constituency in Gaya district, I was helpless and unable to protect the honour of a Dalit family. I failed to provide them justice," Manjhi said at an official function on the occasion of National Press Day.<br /><br />"I have narrated a true story of my life. I failed to help people from my own caste and provide them justice despite the fact that I was fully aware of the accused village headman, who belonged to the powerful backward caste Yadav," he said.<br /><br />Manjhi said he did not take the risk of losing at least 50,000 votes if he acted against the accused.<br /><br />"In my constituency, voters of the Yadav caste were the deciding factor and it was vote bank politics that stopped me from helping the victim," he said.</p>
<p>Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Sunday revealed that the risk of losing at least 50,000 votes from a "powerful caste" had once forced him not to protect the honour of a poor Dalit family.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"For the sake of vote bank politics in the 1990 assembly polls in Fatehpur constituency in Gaya district, I was helpless and unable to protect the honour of a Dalit family. I failed to provide them justice," Manjhi said at an official function on the occasion of National Press Day.<br /><br />"I have narrated a true story of my life. I failed to help people from my own caste and provide them justice despite the fact that I was fully aware of the accused village headman, who belonged to the powerful backward caste Yadav," he said.<br /><br />Manjhi said he did not take the risk of losing at least 50,000 votes if he acted against the accused.<br /><br />"In my constituency, voters of the Yadav caste were the deciding factor and it was vote bank politics that stopped me from helping the victim," he said.</p>