Ram Vilas Paswan, union minister, passes away

New Delhi:Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan , who was ailing for quite some time, has passed away, tweeted his son Chirag Paswan on Thursday evening. The consumer affairs minister was 74.

“Papa …. Now you are not in this world but I know you are always with me wherever you are. Miss you Papa…,” tweeted Chirag Paswan, with a throwback photo of his father hugging a younger him.

Ram Vilas Paswan, who has been in politics for more than five decades and is one of the country’s most recognisable Dalit leaders, has been hospitalised for the last few weeks.

In November last, after helming the Lok Janshakti Party for 19 years, Ram Vilas Paswan stepped down from his post to make way for the appointment of his son and MP Chirag Paswan as the new party president.

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