Articles for Vilas Paswan

Chirag Paswan reveals why late father Ram Vilas Paswan left UPA in 2014
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Chirag Paswan reveals why late father Ram Vilas Paswan left UPA in 2014

Hindustan Times  

Union minister Chirag Paswan on Friday blamed Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi for his late father Ram Vilas Paswan leaving the now defunct Congress-led United Progressive Alliance ahead of 2014 Lok Sabha elections. “Rahul refused to see my father before 2014 polls, it was a key reason for Ram Vilas Paswan deciding to leave UPA,” Paswan told …

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Chirag Paswan wins Bihar's Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency
7 months ago

Chirag Paswan wins Bihar's Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency

Hindustan Times  

Two-time MP and president of Lok Janshakti Party, Chirag Paswan, won against RJD's Shiv Chandra Ram by a margin of 1,70,105 votes in Bihar’s Hajipur constituency, the Election Commission of India website reported. In 2019, Chirag Paswan’s uncle and former Union minister Pashupati Kumar Paras won the seat, defeating Shiv Chandra Ram by a margin of 20.41%. In the run-up …

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‘Wish Modi becomes CM again’: Nitish Kumar goofs up at poll rally | WATCH
7 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Wish Modi becomes CM again’: Nitish Kumar goofs up at poll rally | WATCH

India TV News  

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's repeated 'slip of tongue' instances have been drawing significant attention amid the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. Following the flub where he mentioned "four thousand seats for the NDA," for which he has been consistently targeted by the opposition, the Bihar Chief Minister on Sunday erroneously stated that "Narendra Modi will become Chief Minister once again." …

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Lok Sabha polls: Legacy, development aspirations key factors in Hajipur seat
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha polls: Legacy, development aspirations key factors in Hajipur seat

Hindustan Times  

Twenty-year-old Gunjan Kumar spends 12 hours out of the house every single day. Ram Vilas Paswan’s brother Pasupati Paras is the Hajipur MP, but the seat has now been given to LJP chief Chirag Paswan. The seat is significant because it was once home to Ram Vilas Paswan, former union minister and LJP president, who’s death in 2020 brought a …

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PM Modi heap praises on Chirag Paswan at Bihar's Hajipur, tells people, 'Vote for Chirag, it will come directly to Modi'
7 months, 3 weeks ago

PM Modi heap praises on Chirag Paswan at Bihar's Hajipur, tells people, 'Vote for Chirag, it will come directly to Modi'

Op India  

Addressing an election rally in Bihar’s Hajipur on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi heaped praises on the LJP Chief and party candidate from Hajipur seat, Chirag Paswan. Hajipur, Bihar: "When you vote for Chirag in Bihar, it will go straight to Modi's account," says PM Modi pic.twitter.com/Bx6zbQC7aT — IANS May 13, 2024 Addressing the rally, the Prime Minister stressed that …

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Chunav Flashback: When Meira Kumar faced Ram Vilas Paswan, Mayawati in Bijnor bypoll of 1985
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Chunav Flashback: When Meira Kumar faced Ram Vilas Paswan, Mayawati in Bijnor bypoll of 1985

India TV News  

Chunav Flashback: In 1985, the Bijnor Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh witnessed an interesting bypoll contest between Congress' Meira Kumar, Janata Dal's Ram Vilas Paswan and Bahujan Samaj Party's Mayawati. It was for the very first time when Congress leader Meira Kumar entered into the electoral politics and faced two big dalit leaders, Ram Vilas Paswan and Mayawati. As …

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Union Minister Pashupati Kumar Paras resigns from Union cabinet, cries ‘injustice’ done against him, party
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Union Minister Pashupati Kumar Paras resigns from Union cabinet, cries ‘injustice’ done against him, party

The Hindu  

Union Minister Pashupati Kumar Paras resigned on March 19 and accused the BJP of doing “injustice” with his Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party by not including it in the seat-sharing deal with allies for the Lok Sabha election in Bihar. The announcement came at a press conference a day after the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance announced its seat-sharing pact and gave …

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Union Min Pashupati Paras Likely To Resign From Modi Cabinet After BJP Leaves Him Out Of NDA Seat-Sharing
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Union Min Pashupati Paras Likely To Resign From Modi Cabinet After BJP Leaves Him Out Of NDA Seat-Sharing

ABP News  

Union Minister Pashupati Paras is likely to tender his resignation from the Modi Cabinet on Tuesday and has called for a press conference on Wednesday to outline his future course of action. The NDA leaders, while announcing the seat-sharing arrangement for the 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, allocated 17 constituencies to the BJP, 16 to the Janata Dal, and …

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Bihar Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Chirag Paswan LJP BJP seat sharing Pashupati Paras
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Bihar Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Chirag Paswan LJP BJP seat sharing Pashupati Paras

ABP News  

The Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party has finalised a seat-sharing deal with the BJP as part of the NDA in Bihar. As a member of the NDA, today in a meeting with BJP National President Hon Shri @jpnadda ji, we have together finalised the seat sharing in Bihar for the ensuing Lok Sabha polls. While one faction sided with Ram …

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Animosity between uncle and nephew comes in the way of the NDA’s seat-sharing in Bihar
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Animosity between uncle and nephew comes in the way of the NDA’s seat-sharing in Bihar

The Hindu  

The animosity between ‘chacha -bhatija ‘ appears to have come in the way of the BJP’s efforts to achieve smooth seat-sharing among the National Democratic Alliance’s allies in Bihar. Bihar BJP leader and former State party president Mangal Pandey, along with the current State party chief and incumbent Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, met State in-charge of the party Vinod …

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The Hindu on Books | Bonnie Garmus on ‘Lessons in Chemistry’, Colin Thubron on travel writing, Paswan’s biography and more
10 months ago

The Hindu on Books | Bonnie Garmus on ‘Lessons in Chemistry’, Colin Thubron on travel writing, Paswan’s biography and more

The Hindu  

Welcome to this edition of The Hindu on Books Newsletter. And along the way, they amassed staggering fortunes that have disconnected them from reality.” In her 300-page book, she writes, “If Mark Zuckerberg is the most damaging man in tech to me, Musk was the most disappointing.” Ms. Swisher, who tracked Silicon Valley entrepreneurs since the 1990s, moved to Washington, …

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Hajipur Lok Sabha Election Result 2024: Constituency profile, past winners, margin, party-wise candidates list
10 months ago

Hajipur Lok Sabha Election Result 2024: Constituency profile, past winners, margin, party-wise candidates list

India TV News  

Hajipur Lok Sabha Election 2024: Hajipur is one of the Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar. Hajipur Constituency Demographic Profile As per data from the Election Commission, there were 18,23,664 voters in the Hajipur constituency during the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. Hajipur Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Poll Date The Hajipur constituency in Bihar will go to polls in the fifth phase …

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An excerpt from Sobhana K. Nair’s Ram Vilas Paswan — The Weathervane of Indian Politics: Crossing lines
10 months, 1 week ago

An excerpt from Sobhana K. Nair’s Ram Vilas Paswan — The Weathervane of Indian Politics: Crossing lines

The Hindu  

No one can quite recall how Ram Vilas Paswan came to be known as ‘mausam vaigyanik’ or the “weathervane of Indian politics.” In the Introduction to her book, Ram Vilas Paswan: The Weathervane of Indian Politics, Sobhana K. Nair writes that political commentator Abhay Kumar credits Lalu Prasad Yadav for coming up with this descriptor for his political adversary from …

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Lok Sabha Election 2024 Chirag Paswan On Leaving Jamui Seat To Contest From Hajipur In LS Polls LJP Ram Vilas Pashupati Paras Bihar
1 year, 2 months ago

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Chirag Paswan On Leaving Jamui Seat To Contest From Hajipur In LS Polls LJP Ram Vilas Pashupati Paras Bihar

ABP News  

Chirag Paswan, the President of Lok Janshakti Party - Ram Vilas, on Tuesday, expressed that he finds himself at a crossroads as he ponders contesting the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Hajipur as he asserted that his attachment to Jamui, cultivated over nine years of representing the Lok Sabha constituency, remains steadfast. Speaking to news agency ANI, Chirag Paswan said, …

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'Usne Kaha Bakwas Bandh Kariye...': Pashupati Kumar Dismisses Possibility Of Reconciling With Chirag Paswan
1 year, 4 months ago

'Usne Kaha Bakwas Bandh Kariye...': Pashupati Kumar Dismisses Possibility Of Reconciling With Chirag Paswan

ABP News  

Union minister Pashupati Kumar Paras on Tuesday dismissed the possibility of reconciliation with his nephew Chirag Paswan. Speaking on the sidelines of an event in New Delhi, the Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party founder said he would “never” reconcile with Chirag Paswan. He also said that he and his family members will “never forgive Chirag” for the way he treated them …

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Nitish versus Kushwaha: Why Janata politics never had a cure for its splitting headache
1 year, 10 months ago

Nitish versus Kushwaha: Why Janata politics never had a cure for its splitting headache

India Today  

On Monday, senior Janata Dal leader Upendra Kushwaha and his supporters quit the party and announced the formation of his own outfit: Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal. Kushwaha had been sulking after JD leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar recently announced that his deputy, Tejashwi Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal, would lead the ruling coalition in the 2025 legislative …

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'Move out sir, not your party HQ': Delhi HC on plea against Chirag Paswan's eviction from govt bunglow
2 years, 9 months ago

'Move out sir, not your party HQ': Delhi HC on plea against Chirag Paswan's eviction from govt bunglow

India TV News  

Highlights HC refused to interfere with eviction of Chirag Paswan from bungalow allotted to his late father Court observed that at this stage it will have to stall the process which has already started Central government had sent a team to evict the Lok Sabha MP The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to interfere with the eviction of Lok …

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Chirag Paswan being evicted from Janpath bungalow allocated to his father Ram Vilas Paswan
2 years, 9 months ago

Chirag Paswan being evicted from Janpath bungalow allocated to his father Ram Vilas Paswan

India Today  

A central government team was sent to evict Lok Sabha MP Chirag Paswan from a bungalow at the heart of the national capital, which was allotted to his father Ram Vilas Paswan, sources told India Today. Ram Vilas Paswan served as a minister in both terms of the Modi government until his death on October 8, 2020. The Directorate of …

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Govt sends team to evict Ram Vilas Paswan family from 12, Janpath
2 years, 9 months ago

Govt sends team to evict Ram Vilas Paswan family from 12, Janpath

The Hindu  

The Directorate of Estates under the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry on Wednesday sent a team to evict the family of the late Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan from 12, Janpath, the bungalow he had lived in from 1989 till his death in 2020, according to sources aware of the development. Over three decades since the Paswan family moved …

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Chirag Paswan vacates bungalow allotted to father Ram Vilas after govt sends team
2 years, 9 months ago

Chirag Paswan vacates bungalow allotted to father Ram Vilas after govt sends team

India TV News  

Highlights LS MP Chirag Paswan started process of vacating bungalow allotted to his late father Ram Vilas Eviction process started after govt team was sent to execute an order Two loaded trucks drove out of the 12 Janpath bungalow, while three more were parked in front Lok Sabha MP Chirag Paswan on Wednesday started the process of vacating the bungalow …

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Greed for power weakens LJP's movement of upliftment: Chirag Paswan's veiled dig at Pashupati Paras
3 years, 3 months ago

Greed for power weakens LJP's movement of upliftment: Chirag Paswan's veiled dig at Pashupati Paras

India TV News  

Taking a veiled dig on Lok Janshakti Party national president Pashupati Kumar Paras, senior leader Chirag Paswan on Sunday said that the "greed for power" of some party leaders weakened his father Ram Vilas Paswan's movement for uplifting the deprived in society. The comment comes after the Election Commission of India on Saturday froze Lok Janshakti Party's symbol amid a …

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Chirag Paswan warms to party reunion on father’s death anniversary
3 years, 3 months ago

Chirag Paswan warms to party reunion on father’s death anniversary

The Hindu  

Amid the tug of war to claim the Lok Janshakti Party legacy, a two-page message by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the presence of estranged uncle and Union Minister Pashupati Kumar Paras in Patna on Sunday for the event marking the first death anniversary of party founder Ram Vilas Paswan warmed up party leader and MP Chirag Paswan for a …

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I sense the loss: PM Modi to Chirag Paswan on father Ram Vilas Paswan's death anniversary
3 years, 3 months ago

I sense the loss: PM Modi to Chirag Paswan on father Ram Vilas Paswan's death anniversary

India TV News  

On the first death anniversary of former Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has penned a heartfelt letter to his son Chirag Paswan, saying "I also sense the loss." Describing late Ram Vilas Paswan as a “great son of the nation, Bihar’s pride and a strong voice for social justice”, PM said Paswan’s life can teach a …

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Is PM Modi's Letter on Paswan's Death Anniversary the Validation Chirag Was Seeking in Tussle for Legacy?
3 years, 3 months ago

Is PM Modi's Letter on Paswan's Death Anniversary the Validation Chirag Was Seeking in Tussle for Legacy?

News 18  

LJP leader Chirag Paswan will organise an event in Patna on Sunday to mark the first death anniversary of his father and Dalit stalwart Ram Vilas Paswan. However, the event has assumed heightened political significance for Chirag Paswan, who is embroiled in a bitter dispute with his uncle and Union Minister Pashupati Kumar Paras to claim the legacy of his …

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