LJP (Ram Vilas) to contest Jharkhand Assembly polls, in alliance or alone: Chirag Paswan

LJP (Ram Vilas) to contest Jharkhand Assembly polls, in alliance or alone: Chirag Paswan

Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president, Chirag Paswan. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president Chirag Paswan on Sunday (September 29, 2024) said his party would contest Jharkhand Assembly polls and discussion was underway for all options including contesting the election in alliance or alone. Mr. … Read more

Chirag Paswan collapses just after lighting father Ram Vilas Paswan’s pyre in Patna

Chirag Paswan collapses just after lighting father Ram Vilas Paswan’s pyre in Patna

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

Ram Vilas Paswan’s death makes Chirag’s solo act in Bihar election an uphill battle

Ram Vilas Paswan’s death makes Chirag’s solo act in Bihar election an uphill battle

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

Nation has lost a visionary leader: Prez Kovind, PM Modi, top leaders pay tributes to Ram Vilas Paswan

Nation has lost a visionary leader: Prez Kovind, PM Modi, top leaders pay tributes to Ram Vilas Paswan

A pall of gloom descended across the country following the demise of Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Thursday. Many leaders expressed grief over the demise of the Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. The 74-year-old senior Dalit leader from Bihar died in a Delhi hospital on Thursday evening after being unwell … Read more

Ram Vilas Paswan: DSP who became India’s bellwether politician

Ram Vilas Paswan: DSP who became India’s bellwether politician

On March 26, 2016, Ram Vilas Paswan wrote on Twitter about how he became a politician. The tweet was in Hindi and its rough translation would go like this: “In 1969, I qualified civil services exam to become DSP [Deputy Superintendent of Police, in Bihar] and was also elected as an MLA. A friend asked, … Read more

Saddened beyond words, Ram Vilas Paswan’s demise is a personal loss: PM Narendra Modi

Saddened beyond words, Ram Vilas Paswan’s demise is a personal loss: PM Narendra Modi

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

Ram Vilas Paswan dies at 74: 5 things he said in his last interview to India Today

Ram Vilas Paswan dies at 74: 5 things he said in his last interview to India Today

Union minister and founder of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) Ram Vilas Paswan passed away at the age of 74 at a hospital in New Delhi on Thursday. Ram Vilas Paswan had been suffering from a heart ailment for a long time and was last operated on Saturday. Being a veteran politician from Bihar, his … Read more