lok sabha from bihars hajipur in 1977 with a record margin the victory also made it to the guinness book of recordsthe seventyfouryearold leader was a sitting member of rajya sabha from bihar and had been elected to the upper house of parliament in 2010 alsobihar chief ministers office cmo in a release stated that bihar chief minister nitish kumar has condoled the demise of union minister ram vilas paswankumar states that paswan was a tall personality of indian politics sharp orator popular leader able administrator a strong organiser with an affable personality kumar stated that it is a personal loss to him the release saidformer bihar chief minister and rashtriya janata dal rjd leader rabri devi said may god provide peace to him and strength to his family this is a loss for the entire politics in bihar people are sad the entire rjd is sad that such a tall leader has left us our entire family is gloomyrjd leader tejashwi yadav said today chirag paswan needed ram vilas paswan ji the most when he passed away our deep condolences to his family we are standing with them i started my political career with paswan ji did many election campaigns as rjd and ljp were in an alliance in 2010meanwhile yoga guru ramdev mourned the death of union minister and the founder of lok janshakti party ram vilas paswan and said that he fought for the welfare of peoplemay his soul rest in peace he fought for the welfare of the poor i am deeply saddened by ram vilas paswan jis untimely death had a twodecadeold relation with him spoke with his son chirag paswan prayed to god to give his family the strength to bear the loss ramdev saidrajya sabha member and congress general secretary mallikarjun kharge said i am deeply shocked and saddened to hear about the sudden demise of ram vilas paswan ji i convey my deepest and heartfelt condolences to his family on this loss i have known paswan ji for many years now and i consider this as a personal loss to me this is also an irreparable loss not just to the people of bihar but to the entire country the poor marginalised and the depressed classes would probably feel this loss more keenly especially during these times of great uncertaintyhis contributions towards the upliftment of the depressed will always be remembered kharge addedearlier on thursday prime minister narendra modi congress president sonia gandhi home minister amit shah bjp president jp nadda bjp leader devendra fadnavis called ljp chief chirag paswan and paid their condolences over the demise of union minister ram vilas paswanborn on july 5 1946 near khagaria he completed a masters and a law degree he was selected as deputy superintendent of police but decided to pursue a career in politicsdescribed as weathercock of indian politics rjd leader lalu prasad had described paswan as mausam vigyanik weather scientist for his ability to correctly predict the political windsa parliamentarian with