As Jitan Ram Manjhi-led Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) sought a probe into former Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan’s death, raising questions on his son Chirag, the Lok Janshakti Party president on Monday said everyone is playing politics over a dead person now and no one bothered to visit him when he was alive.
“Those who are saying such things about a son should be ashamed of themselves. I have told Manjhiji about my father’s serious condition over the phone, yet he never came to see him. Why didn’t he show concern when he was hospitalised,” Chirag asked. “Everyone is playing politics over a dead person now, why no one bothered to visit him when he was alive,” he again asked.
The HAM has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding a judicial probe into the death of Ram Vilas Paswan, raising questions over his son Chirag. “The nation is in shock due to Ram Vilas Paswan’s death but LJP chief Chirag Paswan was seen smiling the next day after last rites. He was talking about back-to-back interviews, due to which several questions are being raised by some sections of Ram Vilas’s admirers and relatives,” read the letter. “On whose directions, the hospital, where Ram Vilas was admitted, did not release medical bulletins? On whose directions, only three people were allowed to meet Ram Vilas at the hospital,” it asked.
Ram Vilas Paswan passed away on 8 October after a prolonged illness.
A video showing Chirag purportedly prepping for a speech in front of a photograph of his late father had gone viral on social media last month. In the two-minute clip, he was seen giving multiple takes while attempting an ode to his father.
The opposition parties, including the ruling Janata Dal (United), had alleged that he “was not sad enough” while talking about his father. However, Chirag said that he doesn’t need to prove to anyone how sad he is due to his father’s demise and hit out at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar stating that he never expected the JD(U) chief to stoop so low.
Meanwhile, Chirag Paswan on Monday said that CM Nitish Kumar is a “patluram” (turncoat) as he earlier disregarded Lalu Prasad Yadav but formed the government with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in 2015 and may join the Mahagathbandan after the ensuing polls.
“The Chief Minister has been holding ‘Sushasan’ babu tag for the last 15 years. But now, his loot is being exposed. He never spoke about Munger and doesn’t speak a word on corruption. He is known as ‘Palturam’ as he was against Lalu and then formed the government with them in 2015. He came to power in Bihar after a long political battle with RJD chief Lalu Prasad. A few years later, he ended up forging an alliance with his arch-rival,” Paswan said at a press conference here.
Paswan claimed that if the current CM wins even by mistake, then his first (Nitish Kumar’s) choice will be to form the government of the grand alliance.
Responding to police action in Munger, Paswan said that the Nitish government has become “Mahishasur”.
“What can be a bigger crime than your own cops firing on innocent people and shooting Durga bhakts. Nitish Kumar government has become a form of Mahishasur. Everyone knows that crowd swells up during Durga Puja, so will you shoot at people to control the crowd?” he asked.
The LJP added that when he was working in Bollywood then people used to insult him by calling him ‘Bihari’ and Nitish Kumar was the Chief Minister at that time as well.
“Nitish Kumar is desperate whereas LJP is excited. Nitish Kumar did a lot of corruption and hence after November 10 Nitish Kumar will never be chosen as the Chief Minister of Bihar,” he said.
He also took a jibe at job promises made by both RJD and BJP and said, “Today, just before the elections, these people are giving lollipops, someone says, this is a lollipop for 10 lakh jobs, someone says, this is a lollipop of 19 lakh jobs. If you had so many jobs, were you waiting for the election till now?”
With ANI inputs
