LJP tussle: Chirag Paswan to hold roadshow in July, claims support of party’s working committee

Lok Janshakti Party MP Chirag Paswan, who is in a tussle with his uncle over control of the party, on Sunday said he would hold a roadshow and travel across Bihar next month, NDTV reported. He said the roadshow will commence on July 5, the birth anniversary of his father Ram Vilas Paswan, who died last year.

“We have decided to take out an aashirvaad yatra [march for blessings] from Hajipur,” Paswan said. “The yatra will pass through all districts of Bihar. We need more love and blessings from the people.”

Ram Vilas Paswan had represented the Hajipur constituency in the Lok Sabha on eight occasions.

The announcement of the roadshow came after a meeting of the party’s national executive on Sunday afternoon. The national executive condemned the use of the party’s symbol by the faction led by Chirag Paswan’s uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras, who along with four other MPs staged a coup last week, The Indian Express reported.

After the meeting, Chirag Paswan claimed that “90% of the party’s working committee members” were backing him. “Except Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir, the presidents of all other states are with us,” he said. “There were only nine people with him [Paras]. Tell them how many people were in their working committee.”

Paras, however, called the meeting an assembly…

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