PATNA: Union minister and Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party chief
Pashupati Kumar Paras preferred to maintain a low profile while reacting to the allegations levelled against him by
Reena
Paswan, the wife of his elder brother and former Union minister
late Ram Vilas Paswan
.
“I have answered all the queries regarding the Lok Janshakti Party. There is no need to repeat the same all the time. I don’t intend to explain it further,” Paras said, while reacting to Reena Paswan’s allegations on Thursday that he split the LJP only to fulfil his political aspirations. “Paras had started maintaining distance ever since Ram Vilas ji was admitted to the hospital for treatment,” she added.
In her first interaction with media after her husband’s death in October last year, Reena said Paras’ family members, including his wife, did not respond to her phone calls after his (Ram Vilas) death. “It hurts me from within when I have to explain my relationship with my husband after so many years of our marriage,” she said.
She claimed that the the LJP founder had fielded Paras from Hajipur after she refused to plunge into politics. And he (Paras) won by the blessings of his elder brother, who had earlier won from the seat with record margins. “In fact, Ram Vilas ji wanted me to contest from Hajipur before finalizing Paras’s name,” she disclosed.
Reena alleged that she was more apprehensive of her son
Chirag Paswan
’s life, who is fighting a lone battle for his political career. “That’s why I have asked
Chirag to travel with his trusted friends,” she said, adding that she never expected such action from Paras, who more than often described the senior Paswan as his ‘bhagwan’ (God).
Reena said even Ram Vilas had noticed a change in the ‘behaviour’ of Paras when he was alive. “He (Ram Vilas) wanted to know the reason for spreading fictitious stories about the party by Paras. Had he expressed his willingness to become a minister at the Centre, I would have helped him to cherish his dreams,” she asserted.