Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's controversial remarks that the upper caste people were foreigners today evoked sharp criticism from his own party with a JD(U) MLA Anant Singh demanding his resignation.

In another snub, the ruling party distanced itself from the Chief Minister's stand saying that it did not subscribe to his views. Singh, a two-term JD(U) MLA from Mokama in Patna district, flayed the Chief Minister for his remarks against the upper caste saying that Manjhi has lost his mental balance.