The Chirag-led LJP, which had walked out of NDA in Bihar from 2020 Assembly elections, is still part of NDA at the Centre. Chirag and LJP leaders with him, however, did not directly attack the BJP and hold it responsible for engineering a split in the party. We are only saying when five of our MPs met the Speaker; our party leader should have been consulted…. “Now that Paras has been made a minister, there has to be legal and constitutional clarity on his political affiliation. We have sought a stay from Delhi High Court on the Speaker’s decision to recognise Paras as LJP leader in Lok Sabha.”Khalique pointed out that Chirag is the LJP president “and also its leader in Lok Sabha” in Election Commission of India’s records.

Source: Indian Express July 07, 2021 21:48 UTC