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Chirag Paswan will contest the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls from a general seat, as decided by the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas). The seat is yet to be decided.
Union Minister Chirag Paswan (PTI Photo)
The parliamentary board of Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) has decided that Union Minister Chirag Paswan will contest the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls from a general (unreserved) seat, sources said on Sunday.
According to the LJP sources, the seat has not been decided yet, but it’ll be a general seat.
Party leader and MP Arun Bharti took to X, confirming that a proposal was also passed unanimously that Chirag Paswan should contest the upcoming assembly elections himself.
“Our National President Shri @iChiragPaswan ji always says that his politics is Bihar-centric and his vision “Bihar First, Bihari First” is a resolution for a developed and self-reliant Bihar. This is possible only when he stays in Bihar and leads,” Bharti wrote on X.
“When I went from village to village as the state in-charge, people everywhere had only one demand – that Chirag ji should now play a bigger role in Bihar. Recently, in the party executive meeting, a proposal was also passed unanimously that he should contest the upcoming assembly elections himself,” he added.
The Jamui MP said that Chirag Paswan is not just a “representative”, but the “hope of the whole of Bihar.” He said that the Union Minister will give a new direction to the politics of social justice, in which, along with representation, the fight for universal acceptance will also be fought.
“At the same time, there is a feeling among the workers that this time he should contest the election not from a reserved seat but from a general seat – so that the message goes out that he is now ready to lead the entire Bihar and not just one section,” Bharti added.
Earlier this week, Chirag Paswan hinted at contesting the Bihar Assembly polls while speaking to reporters, suggesting it was part of the LJP(RV) and BJP-led NDA’s larger strategy.
“I have left this entirely to my party. If the party wants, I am ready to contest the Assembly elections. Currently, it is conducting a survey to figure out whether my candidacy will help my party, my candidates and my alliance. Just like Lok Sabha polls, our strike rate should be impressive in Bihar elections,” he said.
The Bihar Assembly polls, whose schedule is yet to be announced, are anticipated to be a head-to-head battle between the NDA and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)-led Mahagathbandhan, although some opinion polls suggest Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj party could play a significant role.
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Bihar, India, India
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