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From staring at an uncertain political future in 2021 when his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras walked out of the party and split it vertically to emerging as the only NDA constituent in Bihar with a 100% strike rate, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan has come a long way.
While the NDA in Bihar maintained its supremacy in the Lok Sabha polls by winning 30 seats out of 40, the INDIA bloc managed to win 9 seats in the crucial heartland state as compared to just one seat that the Opposition alliance had won in the 2019 polls.
Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan criticized Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for claiming that the Army recruitment policy ‘Agniveer scheme’ will be scrapped if the INDIA bloc is voted to power. Taking a jibe at Gandhi, the LJD chief on Wednesday said, “People who only care about mutton parties will not understand such schemes."
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Chirag Paswan, both the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief and his mother Reena rose from their seats to express gratitude to the PM who said Chirag had never been conceited despite being the son of Ram Vilas Paswan and had always shown a willingness to learn as an MP.
As the BJP banks on its Narendra Modi card and the Opposition INDIA bloc frames its campaign around “saving democracy and the Constitution”, voters in South Bihar where polling will be held on April 19 largely deploy caste to spell out their choices.
The 48-year-old Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) leader Arun Bharati, an MBA, became active in politics after the demise of his father-in-law Ram Vilas Paswan, the LJP founder and ex-Union minister, in 2020. He then started accompanying his brother-in-law Chirag Paswan, the sitting Jamui MP, during his public outreach in the constituency.
West Bengal’s Cooch Behar is going to witness a fiery campaign for the Lok Sabha polls Thursday, with both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee set to hold their rallies in the crucial constituency.
Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Chirag Paswan has managed to upstage his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras to become the BJP’s ally in Bihar, receiving five tickets for his Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) in return. Chirag, a two-time MP, will contest from his father Ram Vilas Paswan’s traditional seat Hajipur.