New Delhi: Pashupati Kumar Paras was on Monday notified as to the brand new parliamentary get together chief of the Lok Janshakti Social gathering (LJP) in Lok Sabha.
The event got here hours after 5 LJP MPs met Lok Speaker Om Birla and handed over a letter to him relating to the removing of get together chief Chirag Paswan from the place of Lok Sabha parliamentary get together chief.
The Lok Sabha Secretariat Monday issued a revised listing of ground leaders of events in a notification by which Paras has been listed because the chief of Lok Janshakti Social gathering.
Paras, who represents the Hajipur Lok Sabha seat in Bihar and is Chirag’s uncle, was earlier within the day unanimously elected because the LJP parliamentary chief within the Lok Sabha.
Commenting on the political growth within the LJP, Paras mentioned that the step has been taken to avoid wasting the get together, including Chirag can proceed to be part of it.
“There are six MPs in our get together. It was the need of 5 MPs to avoid wasting our get together. So, I’ve not damaged the get together. I’ve saved it. Chirag Paswan is my nephew in addition to the get together’s nationwide president. I’ve no objection towards him,” he mentioned.
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Paras additionally trashed rumours of becoming a member of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United).
“That is 100% incorrect. LJP is our get together, the organisation is robust in Bihar. I used to be with NDA and I’ll proceed to be part of the alliance,” he mentioned.
Chirag, the son of late get together supremo Ram Vilas Paswan, was mentioned to be having a tumultuous time managing the LJP ever since his father’s demise.
Furthermore, the LJP was additionally battling the setback obtained within the Bihar Meeting elections final yr.