The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday determined to freeze the image of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) amid a tussle between factions led by Chirag Pawan and Pashupati Kumar Paras.
The Election Commission mentioned that “none of the two groups… will be allowed to use the LJP’s symbol,” information company ANI reported. It requested the factions to decide on the names of their teams and “symbols that may be allotted to candidates, if any, by the respective groups” as an interim measure.
Claims of two rival factions contesting the election to energy surfaced earlier this yr, with each Chirag and his uncle Pashupati Ram Paras claiming management over LJP and passing orders to “expel” one another.
Paras, an MP, had claimed the help of 4 of the remaining 5 LJP MPs barring Chirag and eliminated Chirag from the put up of parliamentary occasion chief. Paras claimed that he’s not “breaking the party”, however “saving it”. Subsequently, the Paras faction mentioned that it has eliminated Chirag from the put up of LJP chief.
The ‘new’ LJP has introduced its intention to return to the NDA in Bihar, reversing Chirag’s choice to half methods forward of the state meeting elections final yr.
Chirag held a gathering of the LJP’s nationwide government on the digital assembly platform Zoom and introduced the expulsion of 5 ‘insurgent’ MPs from the occasion. LJP leaders mentioned the proposal has been despatched to the Election Commission and the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
Chirag additionally launched a letter written to Paras on March 31, indicating that Paras was offended with him for the reason that loss of life of LJP supremo Ram Vilas Paswan in October 2020.
(with ANI inputs)
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
