PATNA: LJP (Ram Vilas) chief
Chirag Paswan
on Sunday shared his latest picture with Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on his Twitter handle apparently to show that he still enjoyed his blessings.
“In a brief meeting, he (PM) sought to know about our well-being. I found the same zeal and intimacy to maintain the individual relationship in him (PM) like my late father,”
Chirag tweeted.
Lauding his father and former Union minister late
Ram Vilas Paswan for holding personal relationship above the party lines, Chirag said the departed leader remained always connected with the people and their welfare.
“Logon aur unke hiton se jude rahne aur apnatva ka wahi jajba aadarniye Narendra Modi ji mein bhi dekha hai,” the
Jamui MP
tweeted.
The tweet came barely two days after the lone LJP MLA from
Langthabal
in Manipur, Karam Shyam, joined the
BJP ahead of the assembly polls there. On being asked, Chirag said, “This happens in every political party during elections and the LJP is no exception.”
He, however, claimed that three prominent leaders from other parties would join the LJP (Ram Vilas) in Manipur soon. “We will disclose their names at appropriate time,” he revealed.
At a press conference in Patna on Saturday, the Jamui MP said his faction would contest the next election in alliance with a formidable political group. He, however, hastened to add that the name of the political group that his party would tie up with would be disclosed at the right time.
The change in the stand to fight election in alliance is considered to be a fallout of the byelection results in Kusheshwar Asthan and Tarapur assembly seats recently. The party candidates ranked third after JD(U) and the RJD.
“We clinched more votes in both the assembly constituencies in comparison to a national party,” Chirag revealed. The Chirag faction of the LJP had earlier contested the 2020 assembly election solo and won only one seat.
He again predicted a mid-term poll in Bihar. When reminded that he seldom attacked the BJP, Chirag said, “It is not that.”
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