LUCKNOW, July 6 -- Chirag Paswan, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief and Union minister, on Sunday said that his party plans to contest the 2027 assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh. Paswan's party has contested assembly elections in alliance with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in some states, while in others it has gone solo. The decision on contesting the UP polls will be taken by the party's central parliamentary board while the state unit will decide on the alliance and number of seats on which party will field its candidate, he said. Paswan was in Lucknow to participate in 'Nav Sankalp Sabha' organised to mark the birth anniversary of party founder and his father Ram Vilas Paswan. "My party is working to expand its base and strengthen the organisation in Uttar Pradesh," he said. A prominent Dalit leader who has an appeal among Dalit, OBC and forward caste in Bihar and UP, Paswan hopes that in the 2027 UP assembly election he can play an effective role in countering the opposition narrative on the issues concerned with Dalit and OBC communities. htc...