In an important political development before the 2025 Bihar assembly elections, the Chief of the National Lok Janshakti Party (RLJP) and former Union Minister Pashupati Kumar Paras announced his party’s exit from his party’s National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
The announcement was made during a ceremony held on Monday to commemorate Ambedkar Jayanti in Patna. Mr. Paras said, “I was in an alliance with BJP and NDA since 2014. But from today, there will be no relation with NDA.”
Mr. Paras further said that his party will contest all the 243 assembly seats in Bihar independently, which is a bold step with the aim of establishing RLJP as a prominent player in state politics.
Mr. Paras said, “The people of Bihar have made up their mind to change the NDA government led by Nitish Kumar.” He claimed that he had already visited 22 districts under the grassroots level mobilization and will visit the remaining 16 districts in the coming days.
While making a scathing attack on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Mr. Paras accused him of being anti -Dalit and “mentally ill”, citing increasing crimes against Dalits.
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He also mentioned the recent incidents in Aurangabad and Rohtas, including the case of Komal Paswan and Ranjit Paswan, in which the state government was accused of inaction.
“On March 14, on the day of Holi, in Aurangabad district of Bihar, Komal Paswan was playing Holi with her friends, and the son of the leader of Lok Janshakti Party Ram Vilas allegedly crushed her with his bike. He finally died due to injuries. The shocking thing is that the Nitish Kumar government has not taken any action against him,” Mr. Paras said.
He also highlighted the incident in Rohtas district, when Ranjit Paswan was shot by a police officer, and the Nitish Kumar government did not take any action against the culprits.
Mr. Paras urged the central government to give Bharat Ratna posthumously to Ram Vilas Paswan and described him as “second Ambedkar”.
