It Is Official. BJP Picks Chirag Paswan, Dumps His Uncle Pashupati Paras
NDTV
Sources said Mr Paras will step down from the Union cabinet and his MLAs have touched base with the INDIA alliance, which a week ago, was jockeying for an alliance with Chirag Paswan.
The BJP announcement of seat sharing in Bihar has publicly cut out Pashupati Paras -- the estranged uncle of Chirag Paswan who controls a faction of the Lok Janshakti Party -- leaving him completely isolated. The 71-year-old, who three years ago appeared to hold all the cards, splitting the LJP and being rewarded with a berth in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet, is now fighting for political survival.
Sources said Mr Paras will step down from the Union cabinet and his MLAs have touched base with the INDIA alliance, which a week ago, was jockeying for an alliance with Chirag Paswan. Mr Paras had warned about this last week, saying he is "free to go anywhere".
Mr Paswan, who once described himself as devoted as "Hanuman" to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has stuck to the NDA, getting only five seats of the six he aspired for. The list, however, contains Hajipur, the seat that once belonged to his late father, Ram Vilas Paswan.
