Chirag Paswan, Paras feud: EC issues new names, symbols to LJP factions

Now, no faction of the party is permitted to use the party name or the party symbol 'bungalow.'

Days after the Election Commission of India (ECI) barred the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) factions from using the party name and symbol, the poll panel allotted new names and symbols to Chirag Paswan and Pashupati Paras on Tuesday.

The EC allotted the party name, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) along with the symbol of 'helicopter' to Chirag Paswan while allotted Chirag's uncle and Union Minister Pashupati Paras, Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party and a 'sewing machine' as the symbol of his party.

Since the beginning of the year, both factions of the party have been feuding to get control of the party. Chirag Paswan, who is the son of the founder and former President of the LJP, late Ram Vilas Paswan, was ousted from the party by Mr. Paras and was later ousted from the position of party chief.

Meanwhile, earlier this month, the ECI froze the party name and symbol as bypolls in Kusheshwar Asthan and Tarapur of Bihar are to be held on October 30. Now, no faction of the party is permitted to use the party name or the party symbol 'bungalow.'