Updated On: 12 October, 2020 10:02 AM IST | patna | IANS
Ram Vilas Paswans last rights were performed at the Janardan Ghat on the banks of Ganga in Patnas Digha neighbourhood

Chirag Paswan, son of Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader late Ramvilas Paswan, lights the funeral pyre containing the mortal remains of his father during the cremation ceremony, at Digha Ghat in Patna. Pic/PTI
While performing the last rites of his father Ram Vilas Paswan here on Saturday, Chirag Paswan fainted soon after lighting the funeral pyre.
In a video that surfaced soon afterwards, Chirag could be seen fainting after lighting the funeral pyre even as his cousins tried to prevent him from falling down. Veteran politician and Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan passed away at a Delhi hospital on Thursday.