Pashupati Paras replaces Chirag Paswan as leader of LJP in Lok Sabha

New Delhi: Pashupati Kumar Paras was on Monday unanimously elected as the leader of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) in the Lok Sabha. The decision comes after five of the six MPs of the LJP joined hands against Paswan and rallied behind Paras.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday approved the recognition of Pashupati Paras as the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) floor leader in the Lok Sabha.

Five of the LJP’s six MPs had met Speaker Om Birla at around 3 PM and submitted him a written request for appointing Pashupati Paras, removing Chirag Paswan from the position.

“There are 6 MPs in our party. It was the desire of 5 MPs to save our party. So, I’ve not broken the party, I’ve saved it. Chirag Paswan is my nephew as well as the party’s national president. I have no objection against him,” Paras, who is currently representing the Hajipur Lok Sabha seat in Bihar, told reporters during a media interaction earlier in the day.

However, he said that Paswan can continue to remain a member of the party.

The removal of Chirag can also be directly linked to the poor performance of the LJP during the 2020 assembly elections in Bihar as it managed to win only one seat out of the 134 contested.