<p><strong>New Delhi: </strong>Pashupati Kumar Paras was on Monday notified as to the new parliamentary party leader of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) in Lok Sabha.</p> <p>The development came hours after five LJP MPs met Lok Speaker Om Birla and handed over a letter to him regarding the removal of party chief Chirag Paswan from the position of Lok Sabha parliamentary party leader.</p> <p>The Lok Sabha Secretariat Monday issued a revised list of floor leaders of parties in a notification in which Paras has been listed as the leader of Lok Janshakti Party.&nbsp;</p> <p>Paras, who represents the Hajipur Lok Sabha seat in Bihar and is Chirag&rsquo;s uncle, was earlier in the day unanimously elected as the LJP parliamentary leader in the Lok Sabha.</p> <p>Commenting on the political development in the LJP, Paras said that the step has been taken to save the party, adding Chirag can continue to be a part of it.</p> <p>&ldquo;There are six MPs in our party. It was the desire of five MPs to save our party. So, I have not broken the party. I have saved it. Chirag Paswan is my nephew as well as the party's national president. I have no objection against him,&rdquo; he said.</p> <p><strong>READ:</strong> <span style="color: #e03e2d;"><strong><a style="color: #e03e2d;" href="https://ift.tt/3pPi2Xa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pashupati Kumar Paras Outs Chirag Paswan; Unanimously Elected As LJP Leader In Lok Sabha</a></strong></span></p> <p>Paras also trashed rumours of joining Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar&rsquo;s Janata Dal (United).</p> <p>&ldquo;This is 100 percent wrong. LJP is our party, the organisation is strong in Bihar. I was with NDA and I will continue to be a part of the alliance,&rdquo; he said.</p> <p>Chirag, the son of late party supremo Ram Vilas Paswan, was said to be having a tumultuous time managing the LJP ever since his father&rsquo;s demise.</p> <p>Moreover, the LJP was also battling the setback received in the Bihar Assembly elections last year.</p>

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