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Lok Sabha elections: Chirag Paswan gives up Jamui seat for his brother-in-law | India News – Times of India

PATNA: Amid Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s continued attacks on the opposition over “Parivarvad” (dynastic politics), Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president Chirag Paswan on Wednesday fielded his ‘Jijaji’ (brother-in-law) Arun Bharti from Jamui Lok Sabha seat that he currently holds.This time, Chirag has announced to contest from his father late Ram Vilas Paswan’s home seat of Hajipur which his estranged uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras currently represents in the Lok Sabha.Bharti’s candidature comes amid PM’s criticism of the Opposition over “dynastic politics”. Very strangely, at least five members of Paswan family have already walked into the Lok Sabha so far — late Paswan himself, his son Chirag, his brothers Pashupati Paras and late Ram Chandra Paswan, and his son Prince Raj. Apparen...