Chirag Paswan is an Indian actor turned politician. He is a member of Lokjanshakti Party (LJP). He is the son of an Indian politician from Bihar- Ram Vilas Paswan.
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Chirag Paswan was born on 31 October 1983 (age 37; as in 2020). He is a graduate in B.Tech (Computer Science) from Institute of Engineering and Technology, Bundelkhand Unversity, Janshi. Since childhood, he is interested in acting. He used to participate in many plays in his school and college. Chirag is a permanent resident of Mantri Ji Tola, Post – Saharbanni, Alauli, Khagaria, Bihar.
Family, Caste & Wife
Chirag Pawan belongs to Scheduled Caste (SC) Community. His father, Ram Vilas Paswan, is one of the most prominent politicians of Bihar who has served the Bihar State Government and the Government of India in various capacities as he has been the Union Minister of different ministries including Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Mines, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, and Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. His mother, Reena Paswan, is a housewife.
Chirag Paswan with his parents
Chirag Paswan has a younger sister, Nisha Paswan.
Chirag Paswan with his younger sister Nisha Paswan
His half-sister, Asha Paswan, also entered politics, but she represented the Rashtriya Janata Dal. Chirag has another half-sister, Usha Paswan.
Chirag Paswan’s Step Sister Asha Paswan
Chirag Paswan is not married.
Career
Movie
Chirag made his Bollywood debut with the film “Miley Naa Miley Hum” in 2011, but, when the film did not do well at the box office, he decided to join politics.
Chirag Paswan with Kangna Ranaut for the promotion of their film
Politics
After the failure of his debut film, he decided to make his career in politics. In an interview, he said his father’s illness pushed him into politics. He also said that politics is his comfort zone, not Bollywood. Chirag made his political debut by contesting the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections from the Jamui Lok Sabha seat and winning by over 85,000 votes; defeated Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate Sudhansu Shekhar Bhaskar.
Chirag Paswan in the Election Campaign
After that, he has served the country in various capacities and held the following positions:
- Member, Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare
- Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development
- Member, Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme Committee (MPLADS)
- Member, Hindi Advisory Committee, Department of Economic Affairs and Financial Services, Ministry of Finance
- Chairman, Vigilance & Monitoring Cell, Jamui
- Member, Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests
- Member, Joint Committee on Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015
- Member, Joint Committee on Security Interest Enforcement and Debt Recovery and Miscellaneous Appropriations (Amendment) Bill, 2016
In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, he won the Jamui (SC reserved) seat for the second time after defeating Bhudeb Choudhary of the Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) by 2,41,049 votes. On 5 November 2019, Chirag Paswan was unanimously elected as the new national president of the Lok Janshakti Party.
Facts
- Chirag Paswan owns an NGO called Yayasan Chirag Paswan.
- He received criticism from the community, when he said,
I think Ram Mandir should not be in our agenda, only development, farmers, jobs should be prioritized. The same thing I said when the three state results came recently.
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