Lok Janshakti Party President Chirag Paswan (File Photo)

Lok Janshakti Party snubs BJP in Jharkhand, to contest alone on 50 seats

New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday received another setback after its National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ally Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) decided to contest the Jharkhand Assembly polls alone. The 81-member Jharkhand Assembly will vote in five phases starting from November 30 to December 20. Counting of votes will take place on December 23. Sharing the news […]

Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) President Ram Vilas Paswan (File Photo/IANS)

Ram Vilas Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party splits in Bihar

Patna:  Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) has split with senior party leader and General Secretary Satyanand Sharma, along with several other party office-bearers resigning and forming a new party — the LJP (Secular). Sharma has accused Paswan of promoting only his family members in the party and said the LJP has […]

Ram Vilas Paswan (File Photo/IANS)

LJP says Ram Vilas Paswan to be its representative in Modi cabinet

New Delhi: Ram Vilas Paswan will be the Lok Janshakti Party’s representative in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Council of Ministers, his son and Parliamentary Party chief Chirag Paswan said here on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference after the party’s Parliamentary Board meeting, Chirag Paswan said he himself was not inclined to become a minister as […]