Ahmedabad: Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader Chirag Paswan, locked in a bitter feud to retain the reins of the Bihar-based party, visited Ahmedabad in Gujarat on Monday. When asked by reporters outside the airport in the night whether he had come to Ahmedabad to meet a senior BJP leader as the speculation is, Chirag evaded a direct reply saying he was on a "personal" visit to the city.
Chirag, son of late Union minister and LJP founder Ramvilas Paswan, was removed recently as the party chief by a faction of the LJP headed by his uncle and Hajipur MP Pashupati Kumar Paras, prompting Chirags loyalists to respond by stripping five rebel parliamentarians of the LJPs primary membership. The party, which has six MPs but no MLAs, plunged into a crisis after the five lawmakers, including Chirag''s cousin, rebelled against his leadership and chose Paras as the new leader of the parliamentary party.
