GAYA JI, Dec. 27 -- In the wake of Union minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha-Secular (HAM) patron Jitan Ram Manjhi demanding a Rajya Sabha seat from the NDA, his son Santosh Kumar Suman, the HAM national president, has advocated adherence to gathbandhan dharma.

Suman advised his father to raise such issues on appropriate platforms rather than airing them publicly through the media. Addressing mediapersons in Jehanabad on Friday, Suman, who is the Bihar government's minister for minor water resources, said it was natural for the party's patron to have aspirations in line with the organisation's strength, but such matters should be discussed within the alliance's internal forums. "It would be better to avoid raising such topics through the...