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JD-U may oust Manjhi as Bihar chief minister
Patna: Speculation is rife in Bihar’s political circles over the possible ouster of Jitan Ram Manjhi as the chief minister after he said his days in the office are numbered.
The speculation gained strength a day after Manjhi said his days in office were numbered as his detractors in the party were making every effort to remove him from the chief minister’s post.
Manjhi said: “I know efforts are on to remove me, I may or may not continue till Nov
ember end.”
Manjhi, who belongs to the economically backward Mahadalit community, is known for his controversial remarks.
Hours after Manjhi’s comment Sunday, former chief minister Nitish Kumar and Janata Dal-United (JD-U) president Sharad Yadav discussed for nearly two hours about political heat generated by Manjhi’s controversial remarks in the past few days.
Nitish Kumar, however, refused to comment Monday on Manjhi’s likely removal. “I will speak about it only after my ongoing ‘Sampark Yatra’ concludes Nov 29,” Nitish Kumar told the media here.
According to JD-U leaders close to Yadav, some Bihar ministers, considered loyal to Nitish Kumar, have complained to him about Manjhi’s controversial remarks and demanded his ouster.
A powerful group of JD-U leaders has been lobbying to remove Manjhi and reinstate Nitish Kumar as the chief minister. “A decision might be taken by the end of this month,” a JD-U leader said.
However, some JD-U leaders close to Nitish Kumar said he was not keen to become the chief minister by replacing Manjhi.
Manjhi sparked a controversy within the JD-U when he said he would become a “supporter” of Narendra Modi if the prime minister granted special category status to Bihar. Besides, Manjhi said he could become the prime minister one day.
The Bihar chief minister’s another recent remark that the upper caste people were foreigners and the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes people were indigenous also got him in trouble as several party legislators belonging to the upper castes demanded his removal.
The JD-U leadership has warned Manjhi over the such remarks, but Manjhi said he would continue to speak as usual. “I am not going to bow before anyone and would continue to speak as usual to express my views before the people,” he said.
Without naming anyone, Manjhi said he was more knowledgeable than those advising him not to speak. “I am simply trying to communicate with the people in their language. There is nothing unusual in it,” he said.
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Xiaomi and Vivo Outperform Samsung, Apple Way Down in Rankings
Chinese brands Xiaomi and Vivo were used by 21.9% and 20.79% of Casino Days players from South Asia respectively, and together with the positioned in third place with a 18.1% share South Korean brand Samsung dominate the market among real money gamers in the region.
Cupertino, California-based Apple is way down in seventh with a user share of just 2.29%, overshadowed by Chinese brands Realme (11.43%), OPPO (11.23%), and OnePlus (4.07%).
Huawei is at the very bottom of the chart with a tiny share just below the single percent mark, trailing behind mobile devices by Motorola, Google, and Infinix.
The data on actual phone usage provided by Casino Days, even though limited to the gaming parts of the population of South Asia, paints a different picture from global statistics on smartphone shipments by vendors.
Apple and Samsung have been sharing the worldwide lead for over a decade, while current regional leader Xiaomi secured their third position globally just a couple of years ago.
Striking Android Dominance among South Asian Real Money Gaming Communities
The shifted market share patterns of the world’s top smartphone brands in South Asia observed by the Casino Days research paper reveal a striking dominance of Android devices at the expense of iOS-powered phones.
On the global level, Android enjoys a comfortable lead with a sizable 68.79% share which grows to nearly 79% when we look at the whole continent of Asia. The data on South Asian real money gaming communities suggests that Android’s dominance grows even higher and is north of the 90% mark.
Among the major factors behind these figures, the authors of the study point to the relative affordability of and greater availability of Android devices in the region, especially when manufactured locally in countries like India and Vietnam.
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