Pashupati Kumar Paras (born 12 July 1952) is an Indian politician who served as the Minister of Food Processing Industries in the Government of India from 2021 till his resignation in 2024.

[1] He is the younger brother of late Ram Vilas Paswan and he was also the State President of the Bihar unit of Lok Janshakti Party.

He was elected as the National President of Lok Janshakti Party replacing Chirag Kumar Paswan in June 2021.

At the time of his appointment as a Minister in 2017, he was neither a member of Assembly nor Council and was therefore later accommodated as an MLC from the Governor's quota.

[7] Pashupati Kumar Paras resigned from Modi’s cabinet on 19 March 2024 after RLJP did not receive any seat allocations in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Bihar.