Former Union Minister and Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party (RLJP) chief Pashupati Kumar Paras on Monday, officially announced his party’s exit from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). He alleged that the BJP-led coalition had consistently sidelined and disrespected the RLJP due to its Dalit-centric focus.
“I was with the NDA from 2014 till date. We were loyal allies of the NDA. You must have seen that when Lok Sabha elections were held, people of NDA did injustice to our party, as it is a Dalit party. Still, in the national interest, our party decided to support NDA in the elections,” ANI quoted Pashupati Kumar Paras as saying.
Paras made the declaration at a function organised in Bihar on the occasion of BR Ambedkar’s birth anniversary.
‘Bihar wants to elect a new govt’
At the RLJP function, Paras, who formerly served in the Nitish Kumar government, also accused the JD(U) supremo of being “anti-Dalit” and claimed to have got a sense, “upon having toured 22 out of 38 districts”, that “Bihar wants to elect a new government”.
The RJLP head also raised a demand for conferring Bharat Ratna on Ram Vilas Paswan, calling him the “second Ambedkar”.
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