The Lok Janshakti Party has now officially split into two, with the rival factions. The two LJP factions headed by Chirag Paswan and Pashupati Kumar Paras moved swiftly on Tuesday.

Both the leaders took control of the party as a national executive meeting of the organisation expelled five MPs while the Paras-led group removed Paswan as its president. After his paternal uncle Paras ousted him as the leader of the party in Lok Sabha with the support of the five MPs in his reaction Paswan likened the organisation to a mother who should not be “betrayed”. Taking it to the Twitter, he had written a letter to him on March 29 that highlighted Paras’ alleged indifference to the party’s agenda. He also mentioned about these conducts were against its interests, and had urged him to fulfil his responsibilities to it and their family following the death of LJP founder Ram Vilas Paswan. Paswan family and the party control by new split down in the middle only eight months after the death of Chirag Paswan’s father. The two are warring, rallying the members of its organisation to their cause as both factions claim to represent the Lok Janshakti Party. Not only this, but five of its six Lok Sabha MPs have sided with Paras, the group headed by Chirag Paswan called a virtual meeting of the party’s national executive. In the meeting, 41 of 76 members were present and it was unanimously decided to expel the five MPs from the LJP.

The group led by his paternal uncle claimed that a decision to remove Chirag Paswan, MP from Jamui was taken in an emergency meeting in line with the principal of “one man, one post”. However, it was not been shared that how many members attended the meeting.

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