The BJP's Kingmaker | Bihar
Ram Vilas Paswan and his LJP are now a crucial cog in the BJP's Bihar plans.
New Delhi,ISSUE DATE: Apr 1, 2019 | UPDATED: Mar 22, 2019 16:13 IST
With the 6.5 per cent votes that his party bagged in the 2009 and 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan has emerged as one of the foremost Dalit faces in Bihar politics. The past 32 years have seen him contest 11 polls, winning nine of them. This time, however, Paswan may not contest, taking the Rajya Sabha route instead to reach Parliament. What’s crucial, however, is his coming together with Nitish Kumar after a long gap.
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