Modi Cabinet 3:0: Chirag Paswan gets Ministry of Food Processing Industries

Chirag Paswan

Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief, Chirag Paswan, has been allotted the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.

LJP (Ram Vilas) Chief Chirag Paswan, after his swearing-in as the Union Minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government on Sunday, said, he will fulfil the responsibility with full honesty and hard work. Paswan thanked PM Modi for trusting him.

"This is a huge responsibility for me... I will ensure that I fulfil this responsibility with full honesty and hard work... The credit for this goes to the Prime Minister. He had so much faith in a party with a single MP and gave it 5 seats... I have also given them all 5 seats by winning them..," Chirag Pawan was quoted by news agency ANI as saying.

Chirag Paswan’s political journey can be described as nothing short of meteoric. After the thumping victory in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the LJP (Ram Vilas) chief is now the third most important ally after TDP and JD(U) for BJP in the NDA fold.

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Scoring a 100 percent strike rate in all five seats -- Hajipur, Samastipur, Vaishali, Jamui and Khagaria -- the LJP (Ram Vilas) secured a Cabinet berth for its chief, who took oath in Modi 3.0 government on June 9.

The 2024 Lok Sabha elections marked the first poll contested by the young Dalit leader since his father’s demise in 2020 and the subsequent split in his Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) into two factions -- National Lok Janshakti Party, led by Pashupati Kumar Paras (brother of Ram Vilas Paswan), and LJP (Ram Vilas) faction led by Chirag Paswan.