: Bihar: Chirag Paswan moves Delhi HC against decision to recognise Pashupati Paras as LJP leader #IndiaNEWS The Chirag Paswan-led faction of the Lok Janshakti Party has moved the Delhi High Court on

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Bihar: Chirag Paswan moves Delhi HC against decision to recognise Pashupati Paras as LJP leader #IndiaNEWS
The Chirag Paswan-led faction of the Lok Janshakti Party has moved the Delhi High Court on Wednesday against the decision of the Lok Sabha Speaker to recognise his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras as the party’s leader. Later on Wednesday, Paras was inducted into Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Cabinet as the Union minister of food processing industries.The LJP plunged into a crisis in June when five of its six Lok Sabha MPs rebelled against Paswan and told Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla that they have chosen Paras as the party’s leader in Parliament. The move was effectively a coup against Paswan, who is the sixth LJP MP. Birla had accepted Paras as the floor leader of the LJP in the Lower House.Paswan claims that 66 out of the 75 members in the LJP national executive support him and therefore Paras’ claim of being the national president will not hold up before the Election Commission or in court, according to the Hindustan Times.“The Lok Janshakti Party has today filed a petition in the Delhi High Court against the decision of the Hon’ble Speaker of the Lok Sabha, in which the expelled MP Shri Pashupati Parasji was considered the leader of the LJP in the House,� Paswan tweeted. “Pashupati has already been expelled from the Lok Janshakti...Read more

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