Chirag can take forward father’s legacy only by joining fight against Golwalkar thoughts, says Tejashwi

Last week also, Mr. Yadav had reached out to Mr. Chirag, saying the LJP leader must reconsider his continuance in the NDA.

Amid signs of chill in LJP leader Chirag Paswan’s ties with the BJP-led NDA, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday reached out to him for aligning with the Opposition, saying he can carry forward his father Ram Vilas Paswan’s legacy only by joining the “existential fight” against RSS ideologue M.S. Golwalkar’s thoughts. With Chirag going public with his disappointment with the BJP’s silence over his bitter feud with his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras for control of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), Tejashwi Yadav alleged that the BJP has “disposed of” and “abandoned” most of its old allies after coming to power and gaining maximum from them. In an interview with PTI, Mr. Yadav said his party has always stood by Ram Vilas Paswan and recounted that when the LJP did not even have a single MLA and Paswan lost the election in 2009, it was Lalu Prasad Yadav who sent him to Rajya Sabha from the Rashtriya Janata Dal quota.