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
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
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
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
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
Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan died in a Delhi hospital on Thursday evening. He was 74. The senior Dalit leader from Bihar had been unwell for a few weeks. His son and LJP leader, Chirag Paswan, tweeted, “Papa is no more in this world, but I know wherever you are, you are always with me. … Read more