The Election Commission (EC) will hear on November 29 the dispute between two factions of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) over management of the occasion’s identify and image, sources within the Election Commission (EC) stated on Tuesday.
Sources stated the Election Commission has requested leaders of the 2 teams – Chirag Paswan and Union Food Processing Minister Pashupati Kumar Paras – to seem for private listening to on November 29 and submit any statements or paperwork concerning their case by November 28. written. ,
After the demise of LJP founder Ram Vilas Paswan in 2020, each his son Chirag Paswan and brother Paras staked declare for the occasion management.
In October 2021, the Election Commission banned the occasion’s identify and image till the dispute was resolved. It allotted the identify of Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) to Chirag Paswan’s faction and Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party to Paras’ aspect, till it reached a closing choice within the matter.
Meanwhile, the Election Commission additionally wrote to the 2 factions of Shiv Sena, led by Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, to the occasion management by November 23 to submit all paperwork in assist of their claims.
The EC wrote to each, “If no further documents/details are received, it will be presumed that your group has nothing to say in the matter and the Commission will take further action in the dispute case, which will be heard.” Including setting the date. leaders.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
