Lok Janshakti Party founder and Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan passed away on Thursday evening. He was 74. Paswan was often described as a man of the people, credit the way he build and carried his relationships in the public life. He enjoyed a mass support among the Dalits, especially the Dusadh (Paswans).
Chirag was seen touching feet of CM Nitish Kumar and some other senior leaders, who have been at the receiving end of the LJP president's relentless political tirade during the election season.
Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar attended late Ram Vilas Paswan's 'Brahmbhoj' ceremony.
Chirag Paswan, who is being seen in his party as a potential chief ministerial candidate, has taken on chief minister Nitish Kumar sensing an imminent end to his time at the helm
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Lok Janshakti Party president Chirag Paswan fell unconscious after lighting the funeral pyre of his father Ram Vilas Paswan at Patna's Digha ghat on Saturday.
Late parliamentarian Ram Vilas Paswan on Saturday accorded a state funeral at the ceremony in Patna.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav and other leaders paid tribute to Ram Vilas Paswan, after mortal remains of the late Union Minister and LJP founder reached
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav and other leaders paid tribute to Ram Vilas Paswan, after mortal remains of the late Union Minister and LJP founder reached at Patna airport. Pawan died on October 8 (Thursday) in Delhi.
It was 1969 and a young Ram Vilas Paswan was about to take over as deputy superintendent of police when friends persuaded him to contest the Bihar assembly poll instead. He won and thus began the political career of Bihar’s tallest Dalit leader.
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said the country has lost one of the greatest Dalit and socialist leaders in Ram Vilas Paswan.
Republican Party of India leader Ramdas Athawale is the lone member from the BJP allies in the NDA government at the Centre. Athawale is Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment.
The death of Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has caused a big void in Bihar politics. Paswan passed away on Thursday evening in a Delhi hospital following a heart surgery that he underwent recently.
President Ram Nath Kovind paid his last respects to union minister Ram Vilas Paswan at his residence in Delhi on October 09.
National flag at Rashtrapati Bhavan flied half mast on October 09 following the demise of Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh paid tribute to Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader Ram Vilas Paswan at his residence in Delhi.
Ram Vilas Paswan, 74, died at a private hospital in Delhi on Thursday evening after recently undergoing a heart surgery. T
Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan would be accorded a state funeral, and Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad would represent the central government at the ceremony in Patna.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi paid last respects to Union Minister and LJP leader Ram Vilas Paswan at the latter's residence in Delhi.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday has been assigned additional charge of Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, following demise of Ram Vilas Paswan.
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