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
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
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar‘s JD(U), which bore the brunt of Chirag Paswan‘s brinkmanship in the assembly polls last year, on Monday said the LJP president was reaping what he had sown. JD(U) national president RCP Singh reacted with a sense of vindication to the developments in the party founded by late Ram Vilas Paswan, … Read more
Patna: Veteran BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Wednesday filed his nomination papers for by-election to a Rajya Sabha seat in Bihar which has been necessitated by the death of Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan. Modi filed his nomination papers at the Vidhan Sabha secretariat in presence of a host of leaders of the ruling … Read more
PATNA:The mortal remains of Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, a man for all seasons and one of the tallest leaders spawned by the Dalit community, were consigned to flames in Patna on Saturday with full state honours. A sea of people could be seen, besides dignitaries led by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Union … 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
NEW DELHI: NDA ally Ramvilas Paswan-led LJP’s threat to field candidates against chief minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) in the Bihar assembly election has spiced up pre-poll discourse. The move, right when the RJD-led Opposition alliance is framing the contours of their seat-sharing formula, is being closely monitored for the multiple plots involved in it. Whether … Read more