Chirag Paswan is an Indian politician and the national president of the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), a splinter group of the original LJP. He is the son of the late Ram Vilas Paswan, one of
Chirag Paswan had claimed that his father, the late Ram Vilas Paswan, had pushed for a Muslim chief minister in Bihar back in 2005, but the RJD refused to support the proposal.
The party split after Ram Vilas Paswan's death in 2020 due to differences between Chirag Paswan and his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras over leadership and political strategy.