Life-size statue of Ram Vilas Paswan was installed last year by his son Chirag Paswan near Hajipur Circuit House. | Photo Credit: Amit Bhelari Ram Vilas Paswan’s shadow looms large over the Hajipur parliamentary constituency, one the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) founder won eight times from 1977 to 2019, often registering victories by record margins. … Read more
Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Shyam Rajak has met Lok Janshakti Party‘s Chirag Paswan and called for a united alliance against the BJP-led NDA in Bihar as the Dalit leader looks for his political options after being snubbed by the saffron party. Paswan has also spoken to RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, Rajak told. Rajak, once a … Read more
Pashupati Kumar Paras of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) took oath as Union Minister in the expansion and reshuffle of Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s Cabinet on Wednesday. Earlier this month, Paras, the younger brother of LJP founder Ram Vilas Paswan, was recognized as the leader of LJP in Lok Sabha in place of Chirag Paswan after … Read more
The long-anticipated reshuffle and expansion of the Union Cabinet is expected to take place on July 7. There are speculations of several senior leaders like former Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Jyotiraditya Scindia, RCP Singh to be accommodated in the Cabinet. Recently, Uttarakhand former CM Trivendra Singh Rawat met the PM as well. In 2019, … Read more
Five of the six Lok Janshakti Party MPs in Lok Sabha have joined hands against their leader Chirag Paswan and elected Pashupati Kumar Paras, the youngest brother of Paswan’s late father and party founder Ram Vilas Paswan, in his place, causing a big churn in Bihar politics. The Lok Sabha Secretariat on Monday evening recognised … Read more
Patna: In line with its planning, Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) hurts Nitish Kumar-headed Janata Dal (United) in a number of seats, bringing down its tally even below 50 seats by the time of going to print. Chirag Paswan continued to attack the JD(U) and thus, it seems to have damaged the prospects of … Read more
(This story originally appeared in on Oct 20, 2020) PATNA: Unbelievable it may sound in an otherwise poor state like Bihar, but records show that out 153 out of the 1,065 candidates in the fray in the first phase of state assembly election are crorepatis! The assembly election in Bihar is scheduled in three phases … Read more
NEW DELHI: In its most direct attack on the Lok Janshakti Party, the BJP on Friday accused its president Chirag Paswan of trying to create a confusion by harping on his equations with senior leaders of the saffron party, and asserted that it had no relations with the LJP. Paswan has been lauding the BJP … Read more
Patna: The BJP in Bihar on Monday expelled its nine leaders, including a sitting member of the outgoing assembly and two former MLAs, for entering the fray against official NDA candidates, mostly as nominees of the Lok Janshakti Party headed by Chirag Paswan which has raised a banner of revolt against the JD(U). According to … Read more
New Delhi: Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) president Chirag Paswan on Saturday sought people’s “blessings” for his party’s “Bihar first Bihari first” vision document in yet another indication that it may not fight the state assembly polls as part of the National Democratic Alliance. In a statement, he heaped praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and … Read more