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 ...

. 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, who left the

Janata Dal (United) Janata Dal (United) ("People’s Party (United)”) abbreviated as JD(U) is an Indian political party with political presence mainly in eastern and north-eastern India. JD(U) is recognised as a state party in the states of Bihar , Arunachal Pr ...

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 Election Commission 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 NDA and contested 21 seats, with some additional members contesting on the

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ticket in

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

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's cabinet.

Prominent members

* Jitan Ram Manjhi, founding member and former

Chief Minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union terri ...

, Member of Legislative Assembly from Imamganj. * Santosh Suman Manjhi, Minister of Irrigation and SC ST Welfare in

Government of Bihar The Government of Bihar, known locally as the State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Bihar and its 9 divisions which consist of 38 districts . It consists of an executive, led by the Governor of Bihar, a ju ...

and Member of Legislative Council of Bihar. * Ramesh Singh, Vice president of HAM party Hindustani awam morcha (secular), 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

Political parties in Bihar Political parties established in 2015 2015 establishments in Bihar Janata Parivar Dalit politics {{India-party-stub