{"id":505745,"date":"2024-03-19T13:11:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T07:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=505745"},"modified":"2024-04-16T18:22:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T12:52:53","slug":"pashupathi-kumar-paras-modi-cabinet-lok-sabha-elections-bihar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/politics\/pashupathi-kumar-paras-modi-cabinet-lok-sabha-elections-bihar\/","title":{"rendered":"RLJP President Pashupathi Kumar Paras resigns from Modi Cabinet after his party is denied seats in upcoming Lok Sabha Elections in Bihar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rashtriya&nbsp; Lok Janshakti Party (RLJP) President &nbsp;Pashupathi Kumar Paras on Tuesday resigned from the Modi cabinet, a day after his party was denied any seat in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Bihar. He said the NDA alliance announced the list of 40 candidates for Bihar Lok Sabha election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said his party had 5 MPs and they had worked with utmost sincerity. He added injustice has been done to him and his party. As a result he is resigning from the post of the Union Minister. He had on Friday accused the BJP of not doing justice to his LJP faction and indicated that he may walkout of the ruling National Democratic Alliance. He said they are free to go anywhere and the doors are open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WATCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WATCH<\/a> | RLJP President Pashupati Kumar Paras says, &quot;Yesterday, the NDA alliance announced the list of 40 candidates for Bihar Lok Sabha&#8230;Our party had five MPs &amp; I worked with utmost sincerity&#8230;Injustice has been done with us &amp; our party. Therefore, I resign from the post of\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XAeMoDpjdV\">pic.twitter.com\/XAeMoDpjdV<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1769969957205393692?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday, the NDA partners announced seat sharing in Bihar. According to the deal, the BJP will contest 17 seats, while Nitish Kumar led JD(U) will contest 16 and Chirag Paswan\u2019s LJP will fight on 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ht\" dir=\"ltr\">RLJP President Pashupati Kumar Paras resigns as Union Minister. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/22CxgQjziv\">pic.twitter.com\/22CxgQjziv<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1769976764502086023?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Chirag-led LJP will contest on 5 seats- Jamui, Khagariya, Samastipur, Hajipur and Vaishali. In the last election, the undivided LJP had won 6 seats. Pashupati Paras was expecting these seats for his party. But the BJP went with Chirag. There was no mention of seat sharing with the LJP faction led by Minister Pashupati Paras. When Bihar BJP chief Samrat Chaudhary was asked about it, he said talks with him are undergoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jitan Ram Manjhi-led Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) will contest 1 seat each. Among the key seats that the BJP will be contesting from are Pashchim Champaran, Purvi Champaran, Aurangabad, Madhubani, Darbhanga, Muzzaffarpur, Maharajganj, Saran, Begusarai, Nawada, Patna Sahib, Patliputra, Aara, Buxar and Sasaram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The JD(U) has been given Valmikinagar, Sitamadhi, Jhanjharpur, Supaul, Kishanganj, Katihar, Purnia, Madhepura, Gopalganj, Siwan, Bhagalpur, Banka, Munger, Nalanda, Jehanabad and Sheohar seats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pashupathi Kumar Paras said his party had 5 MPs and they had worked with utmost sincerity. He added injustice has been done to him and his party. 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