It is also being speculated that Chirag Paswan has indirectly tried to sound off the BJP leadership that he was not happy with its hobnobbing with his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras.
Apart from Chirag Paswan, the BJP’s Rajiv Pratap Rudy also filed his nomination today. He is contesting against Lalu Prasad Yadav's daughter Rohini Acharya from Saran . Both Saran and Hajipur will go to polls in the fifth phase of the general elections on May 20.
The bypoll in Bijnor Lok Sabha seat happened after the death of then Congress MP Girdhari Lal. Meira Kumar, a debutant, had quit Indian Foreign Service. She is the daughter of former deputy Prime Minister and prominent SC leader Jagjivan Ram.
Hajipur Lok Sabha Election 2024: Pashupati Kumar Paras, Ram Vilas Paswan's brother, won the Hajipur constituency in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls by defeating RJD's Shiv Chandra Ram.
Chirag, who is in Bihar to campaign for BJP candidates in the upcoming by-poll to two assembly segments, reminded Kumar "This kid had made you bite dust in last assembly polls".
Dismssing the petition by Chirag Paswan's mother Reena Paswan, Justice Yashwant Varma observed that at this stage it will have to stall the process which has already started.
The process of moving furniture and household goods from the bungalow in Janpath in Lutyens' Delhi started shortly after a team from the Directorate of Estates, which comes under the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry, reached the property, official sources said.
The Prime Minister, in his letter, said it is an emotional day for him. "I miss him (Ram Vilas Paswan) as a friend. I also sense the loss that Indian politics has suffered because of his death," wrote PM Modi.
The LJP was formed by former Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan in 2000. Paswan, a heavyweight leader in Bihar politics, passed away in October 2020.
Housing ministry has passed an order for eviction of occupants at 12, Janpath bungalow, where Chirag Paswan living with his family.
The newly-appointed Union Minister of Food Processing Industries and Lok Janshakti Party leader Pashupati Kumar Paras on July 09 claimed that he is the real heir apparent of his elder brother Ram Vilas Paswan's political legacy.
A large number of LJP leaders and supporters welcomed Chirag Paswan at the Patna airport with slogans attacking his uncle and party leader Pashupati Kumar Paras for his “betrayal”.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that Ram Vilas Paswan's contributions to public service and empowering the downtrodden will always be remembered.
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.
LJP National President Chirag Paswan on Monday arrived at uncle and MP Pashupati Nath's residence in Delhi.
Everyone is playing politics over a death of Ram Vilas Paswan, said Chirag Paswan on November 02 after Hindustani Awam Morcha wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding investigation into death of LJP leader Ram Vilas Paswan.
Manjhi, in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, called for a judicial probe into the death of Ram Vilas Paswan, who passed away at a Delhi hospital on October 8 after a prolonged illness.
Jitan Ram Manjhi's Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) party on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding an investigation into the death of Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) patron Ram Vilas Paswan.
Chirag was seen touching feet of CM Nitish Kumar and some other senior leaders, who have been at the receiving end of the LJP president's relentless political tirade during the election season.
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