As a young leader, he resisted tyranny and the assault on our democracy during the Emergency. His son, Chirag Paswan currently heads the LJP. Going with the slogan of “Modi tujhse bair nahi, Nitish teri khair nahi (PM Modi, We love you, but hate Nitish Kumar equally)”, the Chirag Paswan led LJP has decided to break away from the NDA alliance in Bihar to contest the election alone. Condoling his demise, President Ram Nath Kovind said, "In the demise of Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, the nation has lost a visionary leader. BJP is steadily projecting these strong leaders as a viable alternative to Nitish’s insipid regime. pic.twitter.com/Qc9wF6Jl6Zdocument.write("");googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.defineOutOfPageSlot('/6516239/outofpage_1x1_desktop','div-gpt-ad-1490771277198-0').addService(googletag.pubads());googletag.pubads().enableSyncRendering();googletag.enableServices();}); A stalwart of the socialist movement who later emerged as Bihar's foremost Dalit leader with following across the country, Ram Vilas Paswan was instrumental in the implementation of the Mandal Commission report in the 1990s. Here’s CompTIA Security+ Credential for You, ‘Give them a befitting punishment,’ As Ravi Kishan demands crackdown on drug abuse, Jaya Bachchan gets anguished, CCP promoted Disney’s $200 million PR film shot in Xinjiang but the people of China boycotted it, Share ideas for Oct 25 ‘Mann Ki Baat’, appeals PM Modi, RBI to SC: Freedom given for different treatment for aviation, automobile, roads, Hindu Rao docs’ boycott call: Delhi govt to shift corona patients, Maduro writes to ‘peoples of the world’ denouncing US sanctions, Nitish deliberately insulted my father: Chirag’s letter to Nadda, Apple awards $2,88,500 to hackers who spot 55 bugs in its systems, ‘Pack up and get out of there,’ Japan to spend $2.2 billion to get Japanese companies to exit China, The man who bullied the Bully – How Ajay Devgn made Karan Johar’s monopoly a joke and forced him to apologize, ‘Our survival is at stake now,’ Chinese Telecom giant Huawei crumbles after US ban on Semiconductor exports, T-Series forced to take down Atif Aslam’s video, Divya Khosla trolled. Paswan was elected to Lok Sabha for the first time in 1977 as a Janata Party member and was re-elected for five consecutive times from Hajipur constituency in Bihar. ”Papa, you are no longer in this world but wherever you are I know you are with me,” he said. "Shri Ram Vilas Paswan Ji's demise is a personal loss. Born in Khagaria in 1946, Paswan was selected as a police official but chose the calling of politics and became an MLA for the first time in 1969 on a Samyukta Socialist Party ticket. We, however, have a request. LJP President Mr. Chirag Paswan raised finger about jumla politics against NDA C.M. Kindly visit the Manage my subscription page to discover the benefits of this programme. According to the sources in BJP, party president J.P. Nadda had even advised LJP president and MP Chirag Paswan to tone down his attacks on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar but it seems like the battle-lines have been drawn and Paswan is betting on himself to take down a defeatist Nitish Kumar. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. While the cabinet was being formed in Bihar, Shah had planted his leader Nityanand Rai as the MoS Home and laid the foundation of a new face that could be used at the opportune moment. He was a minister in central governments headed by parties of contrasting ideological persuasions, ranging from the Janata Dal to the Congress and the BJP, since 1989. Nitish Kumar, who sees LJP as a threat, in a desperate counter-measure, brought Jitan Ram Manjhi in NDA to put a brake on Chirag Paswan’s aspirations. pic.twitter.com/2UUuPBjBrj, Reacting to Paswan's demise, the Prime Minister said, "I am saddened beyond words.

Chirag Paswan, son of the veteran Bihar leader, wrote about his father's death on Twitter. Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan passes away at 74; Son Chirag Paswan mourns his demise 1 In what came as a shocking piece of news, Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has breathed his last today.