Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief, Ram Vilas Paswan, filed his nomination for Rajya Sabha as an NDA candidate at Bihar Legislative Assembly on Friday.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was also present along with Paswan’s son Chirag Paswan when Paswan filed his nomination papers before the Returning Officer.
आज मैंने पटना में राज्यसभा के लिए नामांकन दाखिल किया। विधानसभा में नामांकन के दौरान बिहार के मुख्यमंत्री श्री नीतीश कुमार जी, केंद्रीय गृह राज्यमंत्री श्री नित्यानंद राय जी, सांसद व लोजपा संसदीय बोर्ड के चेयरमैन श्री चिराग पासवान और पार्टी के अन्य सांसद भी मौजूद रहे। pic.twitter.com/qOjAxpjjgr
— Ram Vilas Paswan (@irvpaswan) June 21, 2019
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Meanwhile, reporters covering Paswan’s filing of nomination forced out of Returning Officer’s room by security personnel after CM Nitish Kumar objected to them leaning on the officer.
#Bihar: Reporters covering Union Minister & LJP chief, @irvpaswan filing of nomination for Rajya Sabha as an NDA candidate, at Bihar Legislative Assembly, forced out of Returning Officer’s room by security personnel after CM objected to them leaning on the officer. pic.twitter.com/iYdvOwU3zS
— NewsMobile (@NewsMobileIndia) June 21, 2019
The vacancy in Rajya Sabha from Bihar arose from the resignation of Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad from the upper house following his election to Lok Sabha.
In 2019 Lok Sabha elections, LJP had contested six seats in Bihar as a constituent of the BJP-led NDA and won all of them. Under a pre-election agreement, Paswan, now Consumer Affairs Minister, was promised a Rajya Sabha berth.
LJP president Ram Vilas Paswan’s brother Ramchandra Paswan won the from Samastipur constituency whereas his son Chirag Paswan was re-elected from the Jamui (SC reserved) seat for the second time.