Samrat Choudhary to be Bihar's first BJP Chief Minister.
Nitish Kumar era ends
Choudhary expressed his gratitude to the party for bestowing faith in him and the opportunity to "serve the people".
Finally, its Team Modi-Shah's endorsement. BJP gets its first chief minister in Bihar.
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In all likelihood, the Lotus party may get its first CM in West Bengal after May 4th in the form of Suvendu Adhikari, also an import from TMC.
In all probability, the BJP karyakartas in Bihar will today remember Late Sushil Kumar Modi, a former BJP icon in the state and also an ex deputy CM under Nitish Kumar for years.
“This is not merely a position for me, but a sacred opportunity to serve the people of Bihar, to fulfill their trust and dreams. I pledge to live up to the expectations of one and all with complete dedication, commitment, and integrity,” Samrat Chaudhary said.
Choudhary belongs to Koeri Kushwaha caste and he has been the OBC face of the BJP for a long time.
He was born on 16 November 1968 in Lakhanpur village of Munger. His mother's name is Parvati Devi and father's name is Shakuni Choudhary. His ancestral village is in Lakhanpur in Tarapur block of Munger district. Samrat belongs to a family of top politicians.
His father, Shakuni Choudhary has been an MLA and MP seven times and mother Parvati Devi has been an MLA from Tarapur constituency.
Before joining BJP Samrat was associated with Lalu Prasad-led Rashtriya Janata Dal as well as Janata Dal (United) of Nitish Kumar.
In March 2023, soon after Chaudhary became the head of state wing of BJP, posters were raised by a group of BJP political workers in Patna, equating Chaudhary to Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.
The JD-U alleged BJP was avoiding latter's long time faithful party leaders and promoting someone, who was an outsider to party, sometimes before.[32]
Chaudhary continued to attack Nitish Kumar and deputy CM Tejaswi Yadav, both inside and outside of Bihar Legislative Assembly.
He became vocal in asking for resignation of Tejaswi Yadav, after chargesheet was filed against Yadav in connection with 'Land For Job' scheme, a scheme in which appropriation of land from people was done, in lieu of giving them job, in the tenure of Lalu Prasad Yadav.
Chaudhary was also engaged in 'politics of symbolism' ; he wore a turban on his head with the resolve to remove it on the day, Nitish Kumar leaves the premiership of the state of Bihar.
Nitish Kumar on Tuesday announced his resignation, marking the end of a long and consequential tenure that began with the formation of the first NDA government in the state on November 24, 2005.
In a statement posted on X after a cabinet meeting, Kumar said he had met the Governor Syed Ata Hasnain to formally submit his resignation, adding that a new government would now take charge. “We have served the people of Bihar continuously for many years. It is now time to step aside,” he said, while assuring full support and guidance to the incoming administration.
Kumar, now a Rajya Sabha MP, used the moment to underline what he described as the core achievements of his tenure—restoring the rule of law and driving broad-based development across communities.
He said that since 2005, Bihar has witnessed governance focused on all sections, including Hindus, Muslims, upper castes, backward classes, extremely backward classes, Dalits and Mahadalits.
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