JD(U), which initially adopted strategy of ignoring HAM(S) chief's barbs against Nitish, has now fielded its Dalit ministers Ashok Choudhary and Ratnesh Sada to counter him
The dispute between the Dalit Mushahar and Muslim communities started 18 months ago. It became public on August 29, 2022, when members of the Muslim community allegedly evicted around 54 people of the Mushahar community from land which the former claim they own.