Patna: Union minister Chirag Paswan on Friday asserted that he did not wish to come across as “greedy” by demanding the deputy chief minister’s post, as he thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allocating two berths to his Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) in the new Bihar cabinet.

Addressing a press conference here, Paswan also said he wished to expand the party’s footprints beyond Bihar as “an NDA partner” in states like West Bengal, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.

“Our party won 19 seats out of the 29 we were given as part of the seat-sharing arrangements within the NDA . We contested those seats which were considered weak for the alliance… This could be possible because of people’s blessings and the support of the Prime Minister to our party.

“Now, the LJP (RV) has been given two be

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