Lok Sabha elections 2024: Pashupati Paras quits NDA, resigns from Union Cabinet
India TV NewsPashupati Kumar Paras, who was holding the Ministery of Food Processing Industries in the Union cabinet on Tuesday ended his alliance with the NDA and resigned. The Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party chief was upset with the BJP leadership for not giving "due preference" to his party on the issue of seat-sharing in Bihar for the Lok Sabha polls and said the BJP leadership should reconsider its decision. Paras' remarks come two days after Paswan announced that his party has finalised a seat-sharing formula with the BJP for the Lok Sabha polls and all his "concerns" were addressed. Chirag Paswan's LJP gets 5 seats The NDA on March 18 finalised its seat-sharing formula in Bihar for Lok Sabha elections, announcing the BJP will contest 17 constituencies, the JD 16 and Chirag Paswan's LJP five. Bihar LJP chief Raju Tiwari said Chirag Paswan will contest the Hajipur Lok Sabha seat, which has been given to the party under the seat-sharing pact for the 2024 polls.