Pashupati Kumar Paras

Pashupati Kumar Paras
Official portrait, 2019
Minister of Food Processing Industries
In office
7 July 2021 – 19 March 2024
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byNarendra Singh Tomar
Succeeded byKiren Rijiju
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
23 May 2019 – 4 June 2024
Preceded byRam Vilas Paswan
Succeeded byChirag Paswan
ConstituencyHajipur
President of the Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party
Assumed office
5 October 2021 (2021-10-05)
Preceded byOffice established
Personal details
Born (1952-07-12) 12 July 1952 (age 72)
Shaharbani, Bihar, India
Political partyRashtriya Lok Janshakti Party
Other political
affiliations
Lok Janshakti Party
RelationsRam Vilas Paswan (brother)
Ram Chandra Paswan (brother)
Chirag Paswan (nephew)
Prince Raj (nephew)
OccupationPolitician

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]

  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.