I Am Inseparable From Modi, For As Long As He Is PM: Chirag Paswan

Union Minister Chirag Paswan on Friday rejected rumours of a rift between his Lok Janshakti Party and the BJP, asserting that he views himself as “inseparable” from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In an interview to PTI, Paswan said he was willing to contest the upcoming Bihar assembly polls as an NDA partner ”if the BJP so desires”, and made light of estranged uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras’ recent meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah. He also scoffed at rumours that have followed the meeting between Paras, who had in 2021 split the Lok Janshakti Party founded by his late father Ram Vilas Paswan, and Shah earlier this week. “I think the matter should have been closed once the BJP made it clear that she had expressed a personal view which the party did not agree with”, said Paswan, referring to an interview in which Ranaut had alleged that girls were raped at the site where farmers were carrying out their protests, which had created a situation comparable to the restive Bangladesh.