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Ram Vilas Paswan, Indian politician and government official who was a long-serving national parliamentarian and was the founder and longtime leader of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), a regional political party in Bihar. After mending ties with the BJP in 2014, he was invited to join the cabinet of Narendra Modi.
Chirag Kumar Paswan (born 31 October 1982) [1] is an Indian politician and former actor who is serving as the 19th Minister of Food Processing Industries since June 2024, the 1st president of the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) since 2021, 2nd president of the Lok Janshakti Party from 2019 to 2021 and a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from the Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency since 2024. [2]
Oct 8, 2020 · From 1969 to 2020, Ram Vilas Paswan remained an active politician for 51 years. He won Lok Sabha election eight times. The Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency was his pocket-borough that he kept winning from 1977 to 2004, barring on two occasions in 1984 (due to the sympathy wave in the aftermath of the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi) and 1991, when he contested from a different seat, Rosera.
Some Lesser Known Facts About Ram Vilas Paswan. Paswan was born in a Dalit family in Bihar. He passed the Bihar Civil Service Examination and was appointed the Deputy Superintendent of Police. For the progress of the Dalit Community, Paswan founded the Dalit Sena in 1983. Soon, he came to be regarded as an important Dalit leader in India.
Oct 9, 2020 · Long before he inducted Ram Vilas Paswan (July 5, 1946–October 8, 2020) into the Union Ministry in 1989, the then Prime Minister Viswanath Pratap Singh had stated that the young leader could well become the first Dalit Prime Minister of India.
Oct 8, 2020 · Ram Vilas Paswan, union minister, passes away at 74. In 1977, Paswan was elected to Lok Sabha for the first time as Janata Party member; During his over five-decade long career, Paswan has served ...
Oct 8, 2020 · Ram Vilas Paswan -- minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet and the founder of the Lok Janshakti Party -- died on Thursdayat a Delhi hospital where he was recuperating from heart surgery.
