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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Amarnath Tewary

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Ljp ram vilas to go it alone in bihar council poll - The Untold Story

As the Bihar Council polls for 24 seats under the local area constituencies category are barely a month away, the Chirag Paswan–led Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) is all set to go solo and cause damage to the winning prospects of many candidates as it had done in the last Assembly elections.

Mr. Paswan–led united LJP, though, had won a single seat in the poll but it allegedly had caused the defeat of over two dozen ruling JD(U) candidates. Months later, he faced a rebellion leading to a split into Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party led by his uncle and now Union Minister Pashupati Kumar Paras and the LJP (Ram Vilas).

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