Ahead of the Union Cabinet rejig, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader Chirag Paswan on Tuesday said that if Prime Minister Narendra Modi led-NDA government induct Pashupati Kumar Paras as Union Minister on the party quota then he will move to the court.
He said, “Pashupati Kumar Paras could not be appointed as Cabinet minister from the LJP quota since he is no longer a part of the party… Making him (Pashupati Paras) a Union minister on LJP quota isn’t possible as the party’s executive board expelled him. I informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi through letter. If he’s appointed minister as MP of my party I’ll go to court.” He however added, “If he’s appointed minister as independent MP or from JDU then there is no problem.”
Chirag pointed out that the Janata Dal (United) will split as soon as the cabinet expansion takes place. “Mark my words, the countdown of this government has begun. JDU politicians should pray that the Cabinet expansion does not take place otherwise the first breakdown will occur in JDU,” he said. Chirag also hit out at Nitish Kumar for denying that he had a role in the engineering split of the LJP.