Patna (Bihar), June 17 -- : Amid the ongoing rift happening in the Lok Janshakti Party, the sidelined leader Chirag Paswan on Wednesday appointed Raju Tiwari as the party's Bihar unit president in place of Prince Raj.

LJP MP Prince Raj was appointed as the new LJP chief in Bihar in October 2019 in place of party leader Pashupati Kumar Paras.

The fiction in the party formed by late Ram Vilas Paswan became apparent after five LJP MPs met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and handed over a letter to him regarding the removal of Chirag Paswan as party chief and from the position of Lok Sabha Parliamentary party leader.

A faction of the party led by Chirag Paswan's uncle Pashupati removed Chirag Paswan from the post of LJP president. The decision wa...