The Jamui MP also hinted at his disillusionment with the BJP which has kept silent over the crisis in his party despite his unreserved adulation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Welcoming the Delhi High Court decision of rejecting Chirag Paswan’s plea, Paras said that his nephew has every right to the late Ram Vilas Paswan's property.
The petition sought setting aside speaker’s June 14 circular showing the name of Paras as leader of Jan Lokshakti Party in the Lok Sabha.
Notably, Chirag had opened a front against Kumar ahead of the assembly elections last year when he claimed that people of the state were yearning for a change in leadership.
In a party coup last month, Paswan was removed as LJP President by some rebel MPs, including Paras. He retaliated by expelling his uncle and four other MPs.
The cabinet of the Modi government at the Center is about to expand. In such a situation, speculations have started being made about how much share JDU is going to get in the power of the Center.
Amid reports of his uncle Pashupati Nath Paras getting an invite to join Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Union Cabinet later in the week, Chirag Paswan said Paras could not be appointed a minister from the LJP quota since he is no longer a part of the party.
JDU said that the BJP has 17 MPs in Bihar and five ministers at the Centre. But JDU has 16 MPs and not a single minister. In such a situation, JDU has asked for four ministerial posts.
Chirag Paswan will take out an 'Ashirwad Yatra' to seek the blessings of the people of Bihar in wake of the recently-surfaced rift between him and his uncle.
Earlier, Chirag Paswan has dubbed himself Hanuman and the Prime Minister as Lord Ram.
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Tejashwi Yadav charged the ruling JD(U) with being the mastermind behind the split in the LJP, which has left Chirag cornered within the party .
To questions on whether the BJP reached out to him during the current crisis and speculation about its role in the split, he said it was not "appropriate" for the saffron party to keep mum while the JD(U) worked to "engineer" a split in the LJP.
On rumours of Cabinet expansion, the Chief Minister who is on a personal visit to New Delhi, said that it all depends on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Lok Janshakti Patry (LJP) leader Chirag Paswan holds a meeting with party leaders at their office in Delhi.
The LJP has six MPs, including Paswan, in Lok Sabha and none in Rajya Sabha. Five of its MPs recently elected Paras as their president in place of Paswan. Lok Sabha secretariat then notified his election after all five of them met the Speaker with their representation.
LJP national president Pashupati Kumar Paras on Saturday said that Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla found our concern of 'lack of democracy' in the party as a genuine concern.
The LJP faction headed by Pashupati Kumar Paras on Saturday disbanded all bodies and state units affiliated with the party and announced a new national executive.
In the alleged audio clip, Chirag Paswan can be heard instructing Sardar to hold a massive protest at the LJP office and at the airport when Pashupati Kumar Paras arrived in Patna on Wednesday.
Chirag said that they apprised the Election Commission that in 2019 he was elected the national president of the LJP and the national executive has passed the resolution for the same.
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