"Manjhi, unlike the rower & navigator his name suggests, seems bent upon sinking the ship he should be navigating through turbulent waters," Congress spokesman Abhishek Singhvi tweeted.
"Power pelf & post gives voice to puppets, breeds insatiable ambition & the worm Wl turn if he gets enormous power -- all seen in manjhi episode," he added.
Manjhi has been defiant in the face his party leadership's move to facilitate return of Nitish Kumar as the Chief Minister.