It is now a battle of prestige for 79-year-old Jitan Ram Manjhi, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate from Bihar’s Gaya, a seat reserved for Scheduled Castes. Manjhi, the founder of Hindustani Awam Morcha-Secular (HAM-S) and a former chief minister of Bihar, has thrown his hat into the ring for the fourth time after three failures — 1991 from Congress, 2014 from Janata Dal, and 2019 while representing the Grand Alliance (Mahagathbandhan).