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
The Lok Janshakti Party, which is going solo in the 2020 Bihar Assembly election, will help the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) win by cutting the anti-incumbency votes, the Lokniti-CSDS Bihar Opinion Poll has predicted. The pre-poll survey, conducted by Lokniti-CSDS in Bihar between October 10 and 17, asked the voters who they are likely to … Read more
Burdened with grief over his father’s death, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) president Chirag Paswan fell unconscious after lighting his father Ram Vilas Paswan’s pyre in Patna today. Ram Vilas Paswan, a veteran Dalit leader from Bihar and a Union minister died on Thursday in Delhi at the age of 74 after a prolonged heart ailment. … Read more
Passing away of Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan is not only a personal loss for his son Chirag Paswan but a huge political jolt as well. Chirag Paswan is the president of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) but every voter and local election influencer in Bihar knew it was the party of Ram Vilas Paswan. Chirag … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the death of Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Thursday. Taking to Twitter, the PM said, “I am saddened beyond words. There is a void in our nation that will perhaps never be filled. Shri Ram Vilas Paswan Ji’s demise is a personal loss.” “I have lost a friend, valued … Read more
Chirag Paswan’s LJP said on Sunday (October 4) that it will contest the Bihar Election 2020 “on its own”, but the move underlines only a 50% breakaway from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JDU and the BJP. The BJP has already announced that the NDA will fight the election under … Read more