Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) (

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: ''Indian People's Front''; abbreviated as HAM-S) is an Indian political party having presence in

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...

. HAM(S) got new symbol wok in Bihar Assembly Election 2020.

Formation

It was launched formally on 8 May 2015 by former Chief Minister of Bihar,

Jitan Ram Manjhi Jitan Ram Manjhi (born 6 October 1944) is an Indian politician from the eastern state of Bihar who served as its 23rd Chief Minister from 20 May 2014 to 20 February 2015. He is President of Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM). Previously, he had serv ...

, who left the

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along with 18 others to form the party following the

2015 Bihar political crisis There was a political crisis in Bihar state of India during February 2015 over the post of the Chief Minister of Bihar. Incumbent Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi did not vacate the post for former Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who wanted to return ...

. The name of the party was later changed to Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) (HAM-S). In July 2015, the

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recognised the HAM-S as a political party. The election symbol of the party is a telephone.

History

In July 2015, the party joined the

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and contested 21 seats, with some additional members contesting on the BJP ticket in

. On 18 September 2015, Hindustani Awam Morcha announced its first list of 13 candidates with Manjhi contesting from Makhadumpur and

Imamganj Imamganj is a city and a block headquarter in Gaya district of Bihar state, India. It is also a Bihar Legislative Assembly constituency in the Magadh division, part of the Aurangabad Lok Sabha constituency. It is located on the border of Jhar ...

. The party ended up winning only in Imamganj with Manjhi himself losing in Makhdumpur. In the previous election, the alliance was led by the

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alongside three smaller allies namely the Lok Janshakti Party, the

Rashtriya Lok Samta Party Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (abbreviated as RLSP; translation: ''National People's Equity Party'') was a political party in India led by Upendra Kushwaha. It was launched on 3 March 2013 and was based in the state of Bihar. The party came into exi ...

and the Hindustani Awam Morcha, while the

had contested as part of the current opposition Mahagathbandan. In 2017, the Janata Dal (United) switched alliance which caused the Mahagathbandan government to fall and the National Democratic Alliance came to power. In 2018, two of the partners, the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party and the Hindustani Awam Morcha left the alliance. During the campaigning phase in August 2020, the alliance was re-joined

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. The party won four seats in Bihar Assembly elections 2020 and from the Manjhi's side his son Santosh Suman was made a minister in the

Nitish Kumar Nitish Kumar (born 1 March 1951) is an Indian politician, who is serving as Chief Minister of Bihar since 22 February 2015, having previous held the office from 2005 to 2014 and for a short period in 2000. The leader of the Janata Dal (Unite ...

's cabinet.

Prominent members

, founding member and former

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, Member of Legislative Assembly from

. *

Santosh Suman Manjhi Santosh Kumar Suman is an Indian politician from Bihar. He is currently Minister of Minor Irrigation and SC/ST Welfare in Government of Bihar and a member of the Bihar Legislative Council from Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM). He is the elder son of ...

, Minister of Irrigation and SC ST Welfare in Government of Bihar and Member of Legislative Council of Bihar. * Ramesh Singh, Vice president of HAM party

Hindustani awam morcha (secular) Hindustani may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Hindustan (another name of India) * Hindustani language, an Indo-Aryan language, whose two official norms are Hindi and Urdu * Fiji Hindi, a variety of Eastern Hindi spoken in Fiji, and ...

, Ramesh singh one of the prominent member of Hindustani Awam Morcha.

Electoral performance

Lok Sabha Elections

Bihar Vidhan Sabha

List of Members of Legislative Assembly in Bihar

List of Members of Legislative Council of Bihar

Notes

References

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