Chirag Paswan removed as Lok Janshakti Party chief, Surajbhan Singh appointed as working president

 Chirag Paswan removed as Lok Janshakti Party chief, Surajbhan Singh appointed as working president

NEW DELHI: A day after five MPs of his party elected his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras as their new leader, Chirag Paswan was on Tuesday removed as the national president of the Lok Janshakti Party.

Earlier on Monday, Pashupati Kumar Paras was notified as the new parliamentary leader of the party in Lok Sabha.

Meanwhile, Surajbhan Singh was appointed as the National Working President of the party.

Party has also given him the charge to conduct elections for the appointment of the party's national president.

In his first reaction after his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras ousted him as the leader of the party in Lok Sabha, LJP president Chirag Paswan likened the organization to a mother who should not be "betrayed".

In a tweet, he said he made efforts to keep the party founded by his father Ram Vilas Paswan and his family together but failed.

People are supreme in a democracy, Paswan said and thanked those who have kept faith in the party.

Paswan also shared a letter he had written to Paras, the youngest brother of his father, in March in which he had highlighted his uncle's unhappiness over a number of issues, including his elevation as the party president