Chirag may enter Bihar poll fray, says party MP

The Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) is likely to make a formal proposal to its chief Chirag Paswan to contest the upcoming assembly polls in Bihar, with lawmaker and party's state in-charge Arun Bharti urging the Union minister to contest the state elections from an "unreserved" seat.

- Subhash Pathak

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It comes weeks after Paswan, who is the Union minister for food processing industries, expressed his intent to focus on Bihar politics. Bharti, who is the brother-in-law of the party chief, said the LJP(RV) workers want Paswan to contest from a general category seat if he does decide to fight the assembly polls due in October-November instead of a constituency reserved for the Scheduled Castes, a path often chosen by leaders from the Dalit community.