India
oi-Deepika S
New Delhi, June 14: In major jolt for the Lok Janshakti Party, founded in 2000 by the late Ram Vilas Paswan, five out of six party MPs in the Lok Sabha have joined hands to oust Chirag Paswan as their leader in the House. They have elected his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras in his place.
The group of MPs has conveyed their decision to the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. There has been no official word from either Chirag Paswan, who has not been keeping well, or the rebel group so far.
The rebel group, includes MPs Prince Raj, Chandan Singh, Veena Devi and Mehboob Ali Kaiser. They have unhappy with Chirag Paswan’s style of functioning. Chirag Paswan has now been left virtually isolated at the top after taking on the mantle following his father Ram Vilas Paswan’s death in 2020.
“There are 6 MPs in our party. It was the desire of 5 MPs to save our party. So, I have not broken the…