Chirag Paswan Blames Nitish Kumar’s JD (U) for LJP Split and Vows to Fight Back | India News

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NEW DELHI: Chirag Paswan, the struggling Lok Janshakti party leader who was dismissed by his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras, accused United’s ruling Janta Dal on Wednesday of organizing a split in his party. “A plot was hatched behind my back while I was ill,” Paswan said at a press conference, where he also launched a counteroffensive against his uncle. The JD (U), he alleged, had worked to cause a split in the party even when his father Ram Vilas Paswan was alive. “After the election and before the election, few people in the party and few Janata Dal-United (JD-U) tried to break our party. My father told me when he was in intensive care about the attempts to break up the party. He also spoke to my uncle, ”he said. Targeting JD (U), he added that he has always worked to divide the Dalits and weaken his rulers. Indirectly attacking Nitish Kumar, Chirag said: “They are known to divide people. They have divided into arrears and arrears.” Describing himself as “sher ka beta” (son of a lion), Chirag said he will fight for the cause of the party founded by his father Ram Vilas Paswan. The bitter political rivalry between the LJP and the JD (U) in Bihar has its roots in the last parliamentary elections in which Chirag waged a very aggressive anti-Nitish Kumar campaign. Chirag’s decision to quit the NDA and fight Nitish Kumar’s party negatively impacted JD (U), who first became a junior partner of the BJP in Bihar NDA. Silence on the BJPhirag Paswan, who openly supported the BJP in the Bihar assembly elections and also Prime Minister Narendra Modi as leader, remained silent on the role of the BJP in recent developments. The BJP, which profited a lot from Chirag’s maneuvers, has yet to react to his marginalization within the LJP. When asked if “Hanuman” who is now in trouble will seek help from “Ram”, a reference to his projection of his relationship with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Bihar assembly polls, Chirag said Answered: So what good is Hanuman and what good is Ram. “Decisions made by the Paras faction illegal Chirag Paswan claimed that his uncle was illegally elected as head of the parliamentary party. Citing the party constitution, he said declared: “The power of the (parliamentary) council rests with the president of the LJP. The sitting MPs cannot make a decision on their own, it has to be made by the national executive. ”He also said that the LJP’s constitution stipulates that the post of party chairman can only be filled after the death or voluntary resignation of the current president. “My uncle was elected party leader in LS illegally. If my uncle had spoken to me, I would have given him the job, “Chirag Paswan said. Letter to President Om Birla Chirag Paswan also challenged the decision of Lok Sabha President Om Birla to appoint Pashupati Kumar Paras as head of the party in the House, claiming this is “against” his organization’s provisions. In a letter written Tuesday, Paswan also informed Birla of the party’s decision to expel five MPs, who joined him against him, and urged the president to review the earlier decision and issue a new circular appointing him leader of the LJP in the Lok. Sabha. “Since article 26 of the Lok Party Constitution Jan Shakti empowers the party’s central parliamentary council to decide who would be the leader of our party in Lok Sabha, hence the decision to announce MP Sh. Pashupati Kumar Paras as leader of the LJP party in Lok Sabha is contrary to the provisions of the Constitution of our party, ”he said. he wrote. Chirag defends his decision to challenge Nitish Kumar’s party, Chirag Paswan recalled his decision to leave the ruling NDA in Bihar to face Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, and said many wanted him to opt for a life of comfort and do not struggle by choosing a rivalry. with him. “For that I would have to bow to Nitish Kumar. I couldn’t do that. My uncle played no part in the election campaign,” he said and dismissed the rival group’s accusations that he would have taken unilateral decisions during the elections. They never made such a claim at the time, Paswan said and rejected their decision to remove him as LJP chairman, saying his constitution states that a new party leader can only be appointed. in the event of the death or resignation of the holder. Paswan said the polls were a “big victory” for his party as it won nearly six percent of the vote. Paras showed black flags to PatnaPasupati Kumar Paras, who reached Patna to attend the national executive committee meeting he called on Thursday, was shown black flags by Chirag supporters. A slight clash between supporters of Paras and Chirag also took place in the street between the airport and the LJP office. Large numbers of Paras supporters gathered at Jai Prakash Narayan Airport in Patna and also at the LJP office with bands to welcome the rebel leader. Chirag Paswan supporters, meanwhile, chanted slogans of “Paras Murdabad” and “Paras Go Back” at the airport as well as at the LJP office. (With contributions from agencies)

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