In an interaction with ThePrint, the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) leader says he does not think his ‘Bihari first’ plan will be possible under any other alliance.
On Tuesday, Pashupati Paras resigned from Modi Cabinet after BJP struck a deal with his nephew Chirag Paswan. For Paras, this could mean a return to political obscurity.
On Tuesday, Paras resigned from Union Cabinet, a development that came after BJP finalised seat-sharing talks with his nephew Chirag Paswan for Lok Sabha polls.
Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) likely to get 5 seats, remaining to go to parties led by Upendra Kushwaha, Jitan Ram Manjhi & possibly Mukesh Sahani's VIP, if it joins.
After the meeting with Shah and Nadda, Paswan said that more clarity regarding the prevailing political situation in Bihar will emerge in the next few days.
Both uncle and nephew are bent on contesting from Hajipur in 2024. BJP has been trying to bring them together ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha polls especially with JD(U) out of NDA fold.
Chirag, the son of late union minister Ram Vilas Paswan, says he’s holding negotiations with the BJP for a future alliance. However, he has conditions.
BJP wants the LJP (Ram Vilas) to help counter the JD (U) and the RJD. But Chirag Paswan has one ‘condition’ — his uncle Pashupati Paras’s ouster from the NDA.
BJP’s fate in the second phase of 2024 Lok Sabha election will be decided in Karnataka, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra, where it performed very well in 2019 but faces a stiff competition now.
The private lender's shares tumbled to be top Nifty 50 loser after India's central bank barred it from taking on new customers through online and mobile banking channels.
Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.
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