The wildfire these days is the upcoming elections and the talk of the town is the agreement between RJD and LJP for seat sharing in Bihar for Lok Sabha seats. While RJD is contesting on just 1 more seat than what they won in the last elections, Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party being favoured by the public has gained 12 seats which is 4 seats more than last elections and whopping 8 more than what they won.
With his spotless and positive image Paswan is regarded as the strongest contender in the fight. His contribution to the public at large, especially Dalits has won him accolades from all sections of Bihar.
It is fascinating to know that Paswan has served as a Union Minster under five different Prime Ministers and enjoys the distinction of continuously holding a cabinet berth in all the Council of Ministers formed since 1996 (as of 2009). He also holds the distinction of being part of all the national coalitions (the United Front, the National Democratic Alliance and the United Progressive Alliance), despite which Paswan held onto his own principles and beliefs and his strong persona could never be shaken or maligned for any political agendas of a particular party or leader.
Paswan always had a clear ideology for his party, he worked day and night for the welfare of dalits and never succumbed to any political pressures.
Today, the party he has been nurturing for years has come so strong that UPA had to convince themselves to dedicate twice more seats to LJP than their last election’s winning figure.
Yes i feel its high time that we should have a Dalit PM who can think and act from common man's and poor man's angle.
ReplyDeleteEnough of this corporatisation / commercialisation which serves only the rich.