Pashupati Kumar Paras replaces Chirag as leader of LJP in LS

Pashupati Kumar Paras has replaced Chirag Paswan as leader of Lok Janshakti Party in Lok Sabha. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla approved the recognition of Paras as the LJP floor leader in the Lok Sabha. Earlier five of the LJP’s six MPs had met Speaker Om Birla and submitted him a written request for appointing Pashupati Paras, removing Chirag Paswan from the position. Suraj Bhan will function as working president until a new president is elected in a national executive meeting expected soon.

The rebellion was led by Pashupati Paras, Hajipur MP and the younger brother of late LJP founder Ram Vilas Paswan. Four LJP MPs — Chandan Singh, Veena Devi, Mehboob Ali Kaiser and Prince Raj — backed  Paras as the leader of the party’s parliamentary board, leaving party national president Chirag Paswan isolated. Paras was then unanimously elected as the LJP Parliamentary leader in Lok Sabha.

Earlier, Chirag Paswan, isolated by the coup in his Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) led by his uncle, was removed as party president in an "emergency meeting" of rebel MPs who are now calling the shots. Chirag say he had tried but failed to keep his family and the party created by his father Ram Vilas Paswan together. Chirag Paswan was removed on the principle of "One Man, One Post", said the rebels,