Will go to court, threatens LJP MP, amid power tussle.
After embarking on his Aashirwad yatra from Hajipur on July 5, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader and MP Chirag Paswan on Tuesday said he would go to court if his uncle and expelled party leader Pashupati Kumar Paras was inducted into the Union Cabinet. Mr. Paswan also slammed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s government in Bihar and said the “countdown of this government has begun”.
Amid reports that Mr Paras, who leads the LJP rebel faction will be joining Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Cabinet on July 8, Mr. Paswan said, “Making him a Union minister on LJP quota is not possible as the party’s executive board has expelled him. I’ve informed PM through letter. If he is appointed minister as MP of my party, I’ll move to court but I’ve no problem if he is appointed as minister at the Center as an Independent MP or from JD(U) after joining it.” He was addressing media persons at his residence in Patna.
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