Pashupati Kumar Paras

Pashupati Kumar Paras
Pashupati Kumar Paras
	Official portrait, 2019
Minister of Food Processing Industries
	In office; 7 July 2021 – 19 March 2024
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Narendra Singh Tomar
Succeeded by	Kiren Rijiju
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 23 May 2019 – 4 June 2024
Preceded by	Ram Vilas Paswan
Succeeded by	Chirag Paswan
Constituency	Hajipur
President of the Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 5 October 2021
Preceded by	Office established
Personal details
Born	12 July 1952 (age 72); Shaharbani, Bihar, India
Political party	Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party
Other political; affiliations	Lok Janshakti Party
Relations	Ram Vilas Paswan (brother); Ram Chandra Paswan (brother); Chirag Paswan (nephew); Prince Raj (nephew)
Occupation	Politician

Pashupati Kumar Paras (born 12 July 1952) is an Indian politician who served as the Minister of Food Processing Industries in the Government of India from 2021 till his resignation in 2024. He was also a member of 17th Lok Sabha from Hajipur (Lok Sabha constituency).

He also held the post of the Minister of Animal and Fisheries Resources in the Government of Bihar.^[1] He is the younger brother of late Ram Vilas Paswan and he was also the State President of the Bihar unit of Lok Janshakti Party.

He was elected as the National President of Lok Janshakti Party replacing Chirag Kumar Paswan in June 2021. After the faction in Lok Janshakti Party, he is National President of Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party since 2021.^[2]^[3]

Political career

He has been a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly 7 times from Alauli since 1977. He has earlier served thrice as a minister in the state, having lost the last election in 2015. At the time of his appointment as a Minister in 2017, he was neither a member of Assembly nor Council and was therefore later accommodated as an MLC from the Governor's quota.^[4]^[5]

He was elected as member of the 17th Lok Sabha in the 2019 Indian general election from Hajipur constituency.^[6] He became Minister of Food Processing Industry in Second Modi ministry when cabinet overhaul happened.^[7]

Pashupati Kumar Paras resigned from Modi’s cabinet on 19 March 2024 after RLJP did not receive any seat allocations in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Bihar.^[8]

References

^ "'No formalin threat to fish lovers in Bihar'". The Times of India. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
^ "EC allots 'Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party' to Pashupati Paras | Latest News & Updates at DNAIndia.com". DNA India. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
^ "Lok Janshakti Party EC allots name Lok Janshakti Party Ram Vilas and election symbol Helicopter to Chirag Paswan Pashupati Kumar Paras Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party एलजेपी के हुए दो फाड़, EC ने बना दिए 2 दल, चिराग पासवान के दल का नाम हुआ लोक जनशक्ति पार्टी (रामविलास | Times Now Navbharat Hindi News". www.timesnowhindi.com. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
^ Won’t agree on less than 7 Lok Sabha seats: Paras
^ Singh, Santosh (30 July 2017). "Most JDU faces retained in 28-member Nitish Cabinet: BJP gets 11, LJP one". The Indian Express. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^ "Hajipur election result: Ram Vilas Paswan's brother Pasupati Kumar Paras wins, beats RJD's Shiv Chandra Ram | The Financial Express". www.financialexpress.com. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
^ "Modi cabinet rejig: Full list of new ministers". India Today. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
^ The Hindu (19 March 2024). "Union Minister Pashupati Kumar Paras resigns from Union cabinet, cries 'injustice' done against him, party". Archived from the original on 20 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.

Lok Sabha
Preceded by Ram Vilas Paswan	Member of Parliament for Hajipur 2019–2024	Succeeded by Chirag Paswan
Political offices
Preceded by Narendra Singh Tomar	Minister of Food Processing Industries 7 July 2021 - 19 March 2024	Succeeded by Kiren Rijiju

[1] "'No formalin threat to fish lovers in Bihar'". The Times of India. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

[2] "EC allots 'Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party' to Pashupati Paras | Latest News & Updates at DNAIndia.com". DNA India. Retrieved 11 October 2021.

[3] "Lok Janshakti Party EC allots name Lok Janshakti Party Ram Vilas and election symbol Helicopter to Chirag Paswan Pashupati Kumar Paras Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party एलजेपी के हुए दो फाड़, EC ने बना दिए 2 दल, चिराग पासवान के दल का नाम हुआ लोक जनशक्ति पार्टी (रामविलास | Times Now Navbharat Hindi News". www.timesnowhindi.com. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.

[4] Won’t agree on less than 7 Lok Sabha seats: Paras

[5] Singh, Santosh (30 July 2017). "Most JDU faces retained in 28-member Nitish Cabinet: BJP gets 11, LJP one". The Indian Express. Retrieved 15 January 2022.

[6] "Hajipur election result: Ram Vilas Paswan's brother Pasupati Kumar Paras wins, beats RJD's Shiv Chandra Ram | The Financial Express". www.financialexpress.com. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2023.

[7] "Modi cabinet rejig: Full list of new ministers". India Today. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.

[Union_Minister_Pashupati_Kumar_Paras_resigns_from_Union_cabinet,_cries_‘injustice’_done_against_him,_party-8] The Hindu (19 March 2024). "Union Minister Pashupati Kumar Paras resigns from Union cabinet, cries 'injustice' done against him, party". Archived from the original on 20 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.

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