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Chirag Paswan
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
...Read more- Bihar Election 2020: Will Chirag Paswan’s LJP be able to make a dent?
Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party is taking on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and the Janata Dal (United) in the 2020 Bihar Assembly election, but has stopped short of taking on the Bharatiya Janata Party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Will he be able to make a dent?
- Some trying to dent NDA's votes, says JP Nadda; Chirag Paswan is the obvious target
Nadda said all sections of society, rich or poor, educated or unlettered, kept themselves away from Bihar when Lalu Prasad was in power.
- Rajneeti podcast | Bihar Elections 2020: Youngsters Tejashwi Yadav, Chirag Paswan are setting the narrative for next generation of politicians
Tune into to this podcast to find out how the younger generation in Bihar politics have emerged.
- Bihar Elections : All in the family — sons, daughters, brothers, in-laws, in poll alliances
Leaders across political parties have passed on their batons to their scions in the polls that will elect the new 243-member assembly in Bihar.
- ‘Bihar first, Bihari first’: LJP chief Chirag Paswan releases party manifesto for Bihar assembly elections
Talking about the issues faced by the people of Bihar, especially in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, Chirag Paswan said the Nitish Kumar government done very little for the people of the state
- Bihar Election 2020 highlights: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to launch BJP's manifesto for Bihar polls in Patna on Thursday
Bihar Election 2020 highlights: Voting for 243 assembly seats in Bihar will be held on October 28, November 3 and November 7. Stay tuned for all the latest updates
- Bihar Assembly polls | Tejashwi Yadav takes a jibe at LJP, refers to it as 'B-team' of BJP
You all should be cautious of the B-team of the BJP. They are vote katwas (vote splitters), says Tejashwi Yadav
- Ram Vilas Paswan's daughter, son-in-law protest denial of entry inside Patna airport to receive his body
Ram Vilas Paswan's daughter Asha Devi and her husband Anil Sadhu protested in front of the car of Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi when he had come to receive the body of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) founder.
- Bihar elections 2020: BJP warns rebels approaching LJP for tickets
The saffron party has also threatened to file an FIR against non-NDA players, referring to the LJP, that use pictures or posters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the poll campaign.
- Bihar Elections | Is BJP behind Chirag Paswan's decision to go it alone?
Chirag Paswan has done to Nitish Kumar what his father did to Lalu Prasad in 2005. It remains to be seen if Chirag’s decision to go solo will pay off for the LJP as it undergoes a generational shift.
- 'Unhappy' with seats on offer in Bihar, LJP deliberates next course of action
LJP president Chirag Paswan has been lauding the BJP leadership, indicating that his party will not put up candidates against the saffron party even as it considers contesting on constituencies which will fall in the JD(U)'s quota.
- Chirag Paswan to take final call on Bihar poll alliance, says Lok Janshakti Party
Led by Chirag Paswan, who is the son of Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, the LJP has been at odds with Nitish Kumar over several issues including Kumar’s recent decision to join hands with former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi.
- LJP may withdraw support to Nitish Kumar government in Bihar
The LJP has said Singh's dig was aimed at a tweet of Paswan in which the party president had lauded Modi for his call to several chief ministers, including Kumar, to ramp up COVID-19 tests.
- Bihar assembly election | Won't allow hate speech in poll campaign, focus on local issues instead: Chirag Paswan
His statement comes as the LJP starts preparations for contesting in the upcoming Bihar elections, as well as the 2021 West Bengal Assembly polls.
- NDA convener should be appointed for better coordination: Chirag Paswan
"There should be better coordination among allies and an NDA convener should be appointed," he said.
- Chirag Paswan elected Lok Janshakti Party president
Chirag Paswan is the second term Lok Sabha member and has been the key decision maker in the party for a while
- Ram Vilas Paswan’s son Chirag likely to take over as Lok Janshakti Party chief in November
Signalling a generational shift in the party, sources said Chirag, 35, is likely to take over as LJP's national president in November during its national executive meeting
- Week after Kushwaha's NDA exit, Paswan's LJP expresses displeasure over seat-sharing delay
In such a "critical phase" for the alliance, the BJP should address concerns of other parties left in the NDA in a timely and respectful manner, Chirag Paswan said
- Ram temple is one party's agenda, not that of NDA or Centre: Chirag Paswan
Chirag Paswan also partially agreed with JD(U) National Vice President Prashant Kishor’s that the BJP’s popularity had slumped since 2014
- NDA will remain intact in Bihar: Chirag Paswan
LJP president Ram Vilas Paswan's son had met Amit Shah, a day before the BJP president's meeting with JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar, in which they announced that the two parties will fight on an equal number of seats
