Ram Vilas Paswan, cremated with full state honours

Ram Vilas Paswan, the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) founder was cremated by his son with full

state honours on Saturday (October 10, 2020) in Patna's Digha Ghat.

He was the Cabinet minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution in the Narendra Modi-led government. 

He had recently undergone heart surgery and was hospitalised for the last few weeks, died aged 74 on October 8.

Paswan was born on July 5, 1946, in Khagaria town of Bihar.

He was one of the most prominent leaders of the era. Ram Vilas Paswan also championed the cause of Dalit rights.

Several leaders like Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Deputy CM and BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly,

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RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, Union Ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad and Nityanand Rai were present at the ghat.

During his over five-decade long career, Paswan has served as a Union minister under several prime ministers and his party has been a member of all national coalitions.

An eighth time Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha, Paswan was one of the country’s most noted Dalit leaders.

He was born on 5 July, 1946 at Shaharbanni village in Khagaria, eastern Bihar.

He completed a master’s and a law degree, passed the Bihar civil service examination, and was selected to be a deputy superintendent of police. But he did not accept the job. Instead, he joined politics.

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