Jitan Ram Manjhi

For saying he finds nothing objectionable in Maoists extorting money

“Contractors, in a nexus with engineers, deliberately give a higher cost of a project besides doing a low quality job. I don’t see anything wrong in Maoists taking Rs 1 lakh from contractors, who are still left with a profit of about Rs 6 lakh,” he was quoted as telling reporters. Coming from the head of the state administration, that too in a year when the state will go to polls, it speaks of an astounding lack of appreciation of Indian political conventions.