India, Oct. 8 -- Amid the ongoing seat-sharing talks in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), union minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Wednesday suggested that he would like his party Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) to contest at least 15 seats out of the 243-seat assembly in the Bihar election.

Manjhi, whose party is in alliance with the NDA in Bihar and at the centre, said if his party do not get the proposed number of seats, he will not contest the election.

"We are praying to NDA leaders because we feel humiliated. We need a respectable number of seats so that we get recognition as a party. If we do not get the proposed number of seats, we will not contest the election. We will support NDA, but we won't contest the election," Manjhi said, ...