Newly sworn-in Union Minister Pashupati Kumar Paras, brother of the late Dalit leader Ram Vilas Paswan, today asserted he was the National Chairperson of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and that he was willing to fight his nephew Chirag Paswan over the matter. An MP from Bihar's Hajipur, Mr Paras has earlier been MLA seven times, even serving as a minister in the state government.