Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) has split with senior party leader and General Secretary Satyanand Sharma, along with several other party office-bearers resigning and forming a new party -- the LJP (Secular).
Published: 13 Jun 2019, 4:50 PM IST
Sharma has accused Paswan of promoting only his family members in the party and said the LJP has been turned into a family fiefdom of Paswan.
"Paswan's family has been dominating over the party, there is no internal democracy in the party."
Published: 13 Jun 2019, 4:50 PM IST
Bharatiya Janata Party ally LJP won all the six seats it contested in the Lok Sabha elections in Bihar. Of its six MPs, three are family members of Paswan -- his son and two younger brothers.
Published: 13 Jun 2019, 4:50 PM IST
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Published: 13 Jun 2019, 4:50 PM IST