After Coup, Chirag Paswan At Uncle's Doorstep, Returns After Long Wait

Pashupati Kumar Paras, the younger brother of Ram Vilas Paswan, refused to meet his nephew, Chirag Paswan, in Delhi and made it clear that he represented the real Lok Janshakti Party now.

An overnight coup in Chirag Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), led by his uncle, has left him isolated at the top with five of six MPs breaking away and writing to the Lok Sabha Speaker, asking to be treated as separate group. Attempts by Chirag Paswan to bring them around failed and his "compromise formula" - making way for his mother as party chief - did not work either. Including Chirag Paswan, the LJP has six MPs in the Lok Sabha. The five rebel MPs voted to replace Chirag Paswan, the son of party founder Ram Vilas Paswan who died last year, and elected his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras their leader instead. Pashupati Kumar Paras, the younger brother of Ram Vilas Paswan, refused to meet his nephew in Delhi and made it clear that he represented the real LJP now. Chirag Paswan drove to his uncle's house but stayed in his car for an hour and 45 minutes as Mr Paras did not invite him in.