Chirag appointed LJP's Central Parliamentary Board president

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jul 31 2013 | 10:15 PM IST
Ram Vilas Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party today nominated his actor-turned politician son Chirag as its Central Parliamentary Board's president.
Paswan had announced Chirag's elevation a few days back and his formal appointment as the head of the key party body underlines his virtual number two position in the organisation ahead of his two uncles.
The 30-member Board has Paswan, a former Cabinet minister and Rajya Sabha MP, his two brothers - Pashupati Kumar Paras and Ramchandra Paswan, besides a number of other leaders, mostly from Bihar.
While Paras is the party's Bihar unit president, Ramchandra is Dalit Sena's head.
While announcing that Chirag would be the new head of the Board, Paswan had claimed that he took the decision under "popular demand" as the party's leaders and cadre wanted his son's elevation.
Paswan, whose party lost badly in 2009 Lok Sabha elections and subsequent Assembly polls in Bihar, hopes to revive his party's fortunes by fighting the next election in alliance with Lalu Yadav's RJD and Congress.

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First Published: Jul 31 2013 | 10:15 PM IST