Lok Janshakti Party leader Chirag Paswan on Wednesday blamed Janata Dal (United) for engineering the split in his party and rejected the decisions taken by the faction headed by his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras, saying the party's constitution does not authorise them any such power.
Lok Janshakti Party leader Chirag Paswan on Wednesday blamed Janata Dal (United) for engineering the split in his party and rejected the decisions taken by the faction headed by his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras, saying the party's constitution does not authorise them any such power.
Giving a clarity about his removal as nation president of the LJP, Chirag said, "No one has the authority to remove me (as party president). And hence i am ready for a long legal fight."
Giving a clarity about his removal as nation president of the LJP, Chirag said, "No one has the authority to remove me (as party president). And hence i am ready for a long legal fight."
Chirag, the son of late Union Minister and party founder Ram Vilas Paswan, was removed as LJP president on Tuesday in an emergency meeting by the five rebel MPs.
The Lok Janshakti Party faction headed by Chirag Paswan on Tuesday expelled the five MPs of the party who had rebelled against him, while the group led by his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras removed him from the post of the party president. Both factions moved swiftly to take control of the party a day after Paras, the youngest brother of Paswan's father and party founder Ram Vilas Paswan, was recognised by the Lok Sabha secretariat as the leader of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) in the House.
The Lok Janshakti Party faction headed by Chirag Paswan on Tuesday expelled the five MPs of the party who had rebelled against him, while the group led by his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras removed him from the post of the party president.
Chirag Paswan was on Tuesday removed as Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) national president. Suraj Bhan, who was made the National Working President of the party, will conduct the election of the national president. According to reports, Pashupati Kumar Paras, who has been leading the rebellion, is most likely to be elected the new chief of the LJP in the coming days.
Chirag Paswan on Tuesday expelled his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras and 4 other MPs from the party on Tuesday, signalling that the battle for the reins of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) is not over.
Soon after his removal, Chirag Paswana retaliated by "expelling" uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras and four other MPs who have revolted against him, making it a fight between two factions of the LJP.
According to reports, Pashupati Kumar Paras, who has been leading the rebellion, is most likely to be elected the new chief of the LJP in the coming days.
Paswan junior on Monday found himself in muddu waters when five of the six Lok Janshakti Party MPs in Lok Sabha joined hands against him and elected Pashupati Kumar Paras, the youngest brother Ram Vilas Paswan.
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.
Months after having muddled the NDA’s political message in Bihar assembly elections, the Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party imploded from within, with his five Lok Sabha MPs ousting him as the floor leader in their parliamentary unit.
Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader Pashupati Kumar Paras has been unanimously elected as the party's parliamentary leader in the Lok Sabha. He replaces Chirag Paswan, the son of late LJP founder Ram Vilas Paswan. Pashupati is the younger brother of Ram Vilas.
LJP leader Pashupati Kumar Paras has been unanimously elected as the party's parliamentary leader in the Lok Sabha.
Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader Chirag Paswan on Monday met his uncle and MP Pashupati Kumar Paras at the latter's residence in Delhi amid signs of rebellion. Chirag, a Lok Sabha MP from Jamui, drove to his uncle's house soon after the Hajipur MP in a press conference declared that he LJP is a constituent of the BJP-led NDA and called Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar a 'vikas purush'. Chirag, however, had to wait for 20 minutes before he was allowed to enter.
LJP National President Chirag Paswan on Monday arrived at uncle and MP Pashupati Nath's residence in Delhi.
LJP leader Pashupati Kumar Paras on Monday said that the party is a constituent of the BJP-led NDA.
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