Who says Indian politics is short of drama. After being accused by his former protege Jitan Ram Manjhi that he had deployed 24 policemen just to prevent him from enjoying mangoes and litchi from the trees planted at his official residence, Nitish Kumar retaliated saying that he was more concerned about avam (population) and not aam (mangoes). " We are worried about the people, those who are worried about mangoes, let them be.," Kumar said when he was asked by the media for a reaction to the allegation. The Bihar chief minister said that he has no knowledge of any such move to restrict the plucking of fruits from the gardens. I have no information regarding such insignificant issue. He said that after reading the newspapers in the morning, he contacted the DGP and asked what was going on. "If I knew about such a thing, I would have sent someone to go, pluck and give the fruits to Manjhi," Nitish said. Manjhi, who continues to occupy the official bungalow residence designated for Bihar Chief Minister even after being removed from the post in February this year, had said security was set up to prevent him from eating fruits and it was disrespectful.
