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

PATNA: 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.

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.