North India Statesman
Bihar The National Lok Janshakti Party (RLJP) has broken ties with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Senior RLJP leader and former Union Minister Pashupati Kumar Paras himself announced this in Patna. He said, “We have been with NDA since 2014, but NDA people have done injustice to us.” Now Pashupati Paras can join the grand alliance.
There has been no official confirmation of joining the Grand Alliance.
According to reports, Pashupati Paras will also attend the first formal meeting of the Grand Alliance related to Bihar elections in Patna on Thursday (April 17). However, no official confirmation has been made by any party involved in the RLSP or the Grand Alliance. If Paras attend this meeting, then he will speak on the issue of seat sharing in the Grand Alliance.
Significantly, during an event held on Bhimrao Ambedkar Jayanti (14 April), Pashupati Paras made an official announcement to leave the NDA. He was unhappy with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after being sidelined in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. In the last general elections, the BJP preferred LJP’s Chirag Paswan faction compared to Paras’s party. Due to this, RLJP could not win a single seat to contest the Lok Sabha elections.
