Pashupati Paras Resigns as Union Minister After BJP’s Deal with Chirag Paswan

New Delhi : In the wake of the BJP’s recent agreement with Chirag Paswan’s party regarding seat allocation for the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections, Pashupati Kumar Paras, who leads a different faction of the Lok Janshakti Party, has tendered his resignation as Union Minister.

This development follows the announcement by the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Monday, outlining the seat-sharing arrangement for the Bihar Lok Sabha elections. Under this arrangement, the BJP will contest 17 seats, the JD(U) will contest 16, and Chirag Paswan’s LJP (Ram Vilas) will contest five seats.