A day after Chirag Paswan, leader of the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram-Vilas), finalised a seat-sharing arrangement with the BJP — which reportedly includes the coveted Hajipur seat once held by his father, the late Ram Vilas Paswan — the Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party, led by his estranged uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras, who is the current Hajipur MP, indicated that it will stay within the NDA as well.
RLJP State president and Samastipur MP Prince Raj posted on X on Thursday, saying that the RLJP is an integral part of the NDA, asserting that the party considered Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decisions above everything else
On Wednesday, Mr. Paswan had posted a picture of his meeting with BJP president J.P. Nadda on social media, asserting that seat sharing had been finalised. This also implied that a truce has been reached between the two parties created by the LJP’s split after the senior Paswan’s demise, ending the long feud between uncle and nephew. According to sources, the BJP has agreed to give five Bihar Lok Sabha seats to Mr. Paswan, including the Hajipur seat.
