India, June 10 -- The 2020 Bihar assembly elections were the first the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) fought under the leadership of Chirag Paswan. His father, and the founder of the LJP, Ram Vilas Paswan had passed away 20 days before the first phase of the election, and Chirag fought against the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal (United) in the state despite being a part of the same grouping at the Centre. The results were an unmitigated disaster for the LJP. It won just one assembly constituency (AC) in the state. Chirag was subsequently thrown out of the party by his uncle in 2021, formed the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) and had to wait until 2024 to come back to the NDA, when his faction ...