With elections in sight, churn in Bihar politics
India, April 16 -- The exit of Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party (RLJP) led by former Union minister Pashupati Kumar Paras from the NDA is unlikely to have any immediate impact on the alliance in Bihar. The RLJP, an offshoot of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) founded by the late Ramvilas Paswan, has no MLA or MP. Paras, Paswan's brother, has lost the battle for the latter's formidable legacy as a Dalit leader to his nephew, Chirag Paswan. After backing Paras initially in the uncle-nephew spat, the BJP co-opted Chirag Paswan into the NDA and allotted five Lok Sabha constituencies in the 2024 general elections to his party, LJP (Ramvilas), all of which it won. Thereafter, Paras reconciled with his marginalised status in the NDA until he quit the coalition on Monday....
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