lok Janshakti Party’s supremo and Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Thursday that his party has presence across the country from Kanyakumari to Kashmir but it would not stake claim on seats beyond Bihar. “Our cadres will work for the victory of NDA everywhere even on the seats our party will not contest”, said Paswan on the sidelines of his party’s two-day convention of all State and district president coming from different parts of the country.
“Our strength will benefit all partners of NDA so we are making efforts to strengthen and expand our base. Our strength will make BJP stronger,” said Paswan but he avoided reply on queries related to seats sharing in NDA and said issue would be discussed at appropriate time and forum.
At the convention lJP parliamentary board chief Chirag Paswan urged party functionaries and workers to have their presence down to booth level in each constituency to help NDA candidates in Parliament and Assembly elections.
Chirag’s focus was on mobilising youth. He said country’s 65 per cent population is below 30 years and they exhibited their big participation in 2014 polls. He also reiterated his demand for a Youth Commission like women and minorities which should take care of youths and their issues. He has already made his demand in the lok Sabha and written to PM.
Chirag, who is projected as supreme leader of the party exhorted the rank and file to strengthen and expand the social character of the party and it’s ideology, which is dedicated to Ambedkar. “All efforts should be made to bring all the depressed classes to mainstream”, he added.
Presiding over the convention, Bihar lJP president and Minister Pashupati Kumar Paras said the party has target of making two million members in the State.