Chirag Paswan To Lose All Party Top Posts? Rebel MPs Move Swiftly

Chirag Paswan stands to lose every leadership post he has held in the party that he took over after his father and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) founder Ram Vilas Paswan's death in October last.

Chirag Paswan, isolated by a sudden coup in his Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) led by his uncle, is likely to lose the post of party chief next in the rapid slide in his political fortunes since Monday morning. Sources say five of the six LJP Lok Sabha MPs who have revolted - he is the sixth - and chosen his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras as their leader, will next move to remove him as national party chief and the leader of the LJP parliamentary party and board. Chirag Paswan stands to lose every leadership post he has held in the party that he took over after his father and LJP founder Ram Vilas Paswan's death in October last. Sources say Mr Paras, the younger brother of Ram Vilas Paswan and the lead player in the coup launched with considerable help from Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and the BJP, will go to Patna with the other MPs and call a meeting of the LJP national executive to enable sweeping changes aimed at pushing Chirag Paswan out in the cold.