Jamui MP and Lok Janshakti Party-Ram Vilas (LJP-RV) president Chirag Paswan on Thursday filed his nomination papers for the first time from the Hajipur Lok Sabha seat, which was represented by his father, the late Ram Vilas Paswan, eight times since he first won the seat in 1977.
Before filing his nomination, Mr. Chirag Paswan paid obeisance to a photograph of his late father, performed Ganesh puja at the family’s Patna residence, and also undertook rituals at a temple in Khagaul on his way to Hajipur.
“If my father were alive today, he would have given me an election symbol, but now he is no more. I have taken his blessings and [will go] all out to give a new identity to his karmbhoomi. I will fulfil every dream of my father that he had seen for the people of Hajipur,” Mr. Paswan posted on social media platform X before proceeding to Hajipur.
