Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party (RLJP) chief and former Union Minister Pashupati Kumar Paras has announced that his party will contest every seat given in the Grand Alliance. He also hinted at fielding independent candidates wherever Chirag Paswan’s LJP(R) is contesting, accusing Chirag of dividing the family and the party.
Paras, who quit the NDA after a poor 2024 performance, aims to rebuild his political base. His RLJP failed to win any seat, while Chirag Paswan’s LJP(R) won all five it contested. Following this, Paras ended ties with the BJP-led NDA in April 2025 and joined hands with the Grand Alliance.
The uncle-nephew feud began in 2021 when the party split into two factions — Chirag’s Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) and Paras’s Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party. Now, Paras seems determined to challenge Chirag’s dominance and regain lost ground. Political analysts expect RLJP to win 2–3 seats this time, making the Pashupati Paras vs Chirag Paswan clash a key highlight of the Bihar elections.
