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Chirag Paswan, Union Minister and National President of Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), who has a special identity in the politics of Bihar, has announced the new national executive and organizational team of his party keeping in mind the upcoming political challenges and elections. With the formation of this new team, the discussion in the political circles has become the loudest that Chirag Paswan has once again taken a very careful and far-sighted step. On one hand, while he has openly expressed his opinion on the country’s most sensitive and burning issue i.e. reservation and has advocated the rights of the underprivileged, on the other hand, by delegating important responsibilities to the upper caste leaders within the party, he has kept their stature completely equal. Through this strategic balance, Lok Janshakti Party has proved that it is not just a party of a particular class but is a party that takes the entire society along, due to which the equations of the opposition parties have also started shaking.
Chirag Paswan’s new national team and the meaning of organizational changes
Political experts believe that for any regional party to expand on the national stage, it is most important to have a strong organizational structure of the party. In the reorganization of his party LJP (Ram Vilas), Chirag Paswan has taken special care that along with the old and loyal workers of the party, new and energetic faces also get proper place. In this new list, in-charges of various states, national officials and chairpersons of SAIL have been appointed. In this new team of the party, along with giving priority to the youth, experienced leaders have also been kept in the role of guides. This organizational expansion of Lok Janshakti Party is being seen as a major preparation keeping in mind the political scenario after the upcoming assembly elections and Lok Sabha, due to which the party cadre has become more active.
Outspoken statement on reservation issue: LJP chief adamant on the rights of the underprivileged
While talking to the press conference and political forums during the announcement of his new team, Chirag Paswan expressed his views openly on the issue of reservation system and social justice in the country. He said in clear words that his party has always stood like a rock in support of the provisions of reservation given by the creator of the Constitution Babasaheb Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar and the rights of Dalits, backward people and the exploited. Chirag stressed that unless the person standing at the last rung of the society is brought into the mainstream, true development cannot be imagined. His party is continuously making efforts to make the scope of reservation more equitable and to extend its real benefits to the needy. His outspoken statement has once again proved that he is strongly carrying forward the political legacy of his father, late Ram Vilas Paswan, and his social justice agenda.
A big social equation was solved by giving equal status to the upper caste leaders within the party.
The biggest and interesting aspect seen in this new organizational list is that Chirag Paswan has kept the status of upper caste leaders completely equal and safe within the party. In the politics of Bihar and the country, it is often believed that the parties doing politics of Dalits or backward castes ignore the upper castes, but Chirag Paswan has completely broken this myth. In the new team, many prominent upper caste faces have been given important responsibilities at the national and provincial levels, due to which the message has been clearly sent that LJP (Ram Vilas) believes in the mantra of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’. Political analysts say that this unique combination of Dalit and Savarna equation can prove to be a game-changer for the party in the upcoming elections, as it makes the party’s support base ideologically more broad.
How effective will this masterstroke of Chirag Paswan be before the upcoming elections?
Every decision in Bihar politics is taken keeping in mind the upcoming election equations. Both these steps taken by Chirag Paswan—i.e. clear ideological stand on reservation and giving equal respect to all castes, especially upper castes, in the party organization—are being considered as a big political masterstroke. His growing acceptance within the NDA alliance and his growing popularity among the public are proof that he knows how to do visionary politics, just like his father. As the elections are approaching, this balanced organizational structure of Chirag Paswan and his outspoken political style is posing a tough challenge to other parties. It will be very interesting to see how effective his new team proves to be on the field level and how much support it gets from the public.