LS Polls: Chirag Paswan Keeps Father's Bastion Hajipur, Gives Jamui Seat To Brother-in-law Arun Bharti

Chirag Paswan held a roadshow in Jamui to announce the candidature of Arun Bharti on Wednesday. (File Photo/X@ArunBhartiLJP)

Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan has decided to contest the Lok Sabha polls this year from Hajipur passing his legacy in Jamui to his brother-in-law, Arun Bharti. Hajipur seat has been represented by Chirag Paswan’s father, Ram Vilas Paswan nine times. Chirag’s uncle, Pashupati Kumar Paras, the chief of the other faction of LJP, currently holds the Hajipur seat.

A two-time MP from Jamui, Chirag, on Wednesday, held a roadshow in the constituency to announce the candidature of Arun Bharti. A businessman, Arun Bharti’s mother Jyoti Bhati had been an MLA and MLC from the Congress.

“I assure you all that Bharti Ji will prove himself worthy of you all. I am confident that you will shower your blessings on Bharti Ji the same way you showered on me and he will turn raise the issues of the area as I always did. He will never give you reasons for any complaint,” Paswan said at a public meeting on Wednesday, according to a Hindustan Times report.

NDA Seat-sharing in Bihar

According to the BJP-led NDA’s seat-sharing deal in Bihar, Chirag Paswan’s LJP-R is set to contest on five seats – Hajipur, Jamui, Vaishali, Khagaul and Samastipur (reserved).

BJP will contest 17 out of 40 seats in Bihar while the Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (U) got 16 seats in the deal announced by the NDA for the Lok Sabha elections. Hindustani Awas Morcha and Rashtriya Lok Morcha will contest 1 seat each.

LJP-R is yet to announce candidates for three seats – Vaishali, Khagaul and Samastipur (reserved).

While Veena Devi currently represents Vaishali, Prince Raj, son of Ramvilas Paswan’s brother and former MP late Ramchandra Paswan, is the MP from Samastipur.

Pashupati Kumar Paras-led faction of LJP, which is also a part of NDA, has been left out of the fold.