LJP Leader Chirag Paswan Moves Delhi HC To Oppose Uncle Pashupati Paras' Cabinet Induction

Chirag Paswan, Member of Parliament from Jamui, said that a case will be filed in Delhi High Court on Thursday against the induction of his uncle. 

New Delhi: The Narendra Modi-led government inducted Pashupati Kumar Paras, MP from Hajipur, as a cabinet minister and given charge of the key Ministry of Food Processing Industries on Wednesday.

Soon after, Paras' nephew LJP's Chirag Paswan, Member of Parliament from Jamui, said that a case will be filed in Delhi High Court on Thursday against the induction of his uncle. 

The induction of Paras into the Union Cabinet sends out a message that the BJP leadership is with the rebel faction of the Lok Janshakti Party. Ram Vilas Paswan's son Chirag Paswan who is in a feud with his uncle said that Paras could not be appointed a minister from the LJP quota since he is no longer a part of the party. 

Arvind Kumar Bajpai, advocate for Chirag Paswan said that a writ has been filed before Delhi HC challenging Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla's order to designate Paras as the leader of LJP in Lok Sabha.

"Although Paras was expelled from the party, the decision taken in haste is contrary to rules, practice, and procedure and opposes the party Constitution," he added according to ANI.

The petitioner said that because the circular dated June 14, 2021, issued by the respondent was never communicated to the petitioners.

“A case is to be filed against Paras’s induction in the union cabinet in Delhi high court on Thursday,” said party leader Javed Ashraf according to an HT report. 

A few hours before the expansion of the cabinet, he tweeted, “Pashupati Kumar Paras from Lok Janshakti Party has already been expelled from the party for betraying the party and top leadership and now on inducting him in the Union Cabinet... the party lodges strong objections.”