BJP leader Samrat Choudhary took oath as a Deputy Chief Minister in the Bihar cabinet on Sunday. This comes after Nitish Kumar, Janta Dal (United) president took oath as the chief minister of Bihar once again after joining hands with the Bhartiya Janta Party. Earlier, Kumar had broken ties with the Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) stating that things were not working well with the Mahagathbandhan and INDIA bloc.
The state will have two deputy chief ministers namely Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha. While Choudhary has been elected as the leader of BJP legislative party in Bihar, Vijay Sinha has been elected as its deputy leader. Let us tell you all there is to know about Samrat Choudhary.
Who is Samrat Choudhary?
Rakesh Kumar alias Samrat Choudhary is a BJP MLC and leader of the Party in the Legislative Council. He served as the Bihar BJP chief last year. Samrat Choudhary is an OBC leader who belongs to the Koeri community.
His father, Shakuni Choudhary, a former army man-turned-politician and well-known socialist leader, was a founding member of the Samata Party. His father is considered to be close to both Nitish Kumar as well as Lalu Prasad Yadav. Meanwhile, Samrat himself is considered to be close to Union Home Minister Amit Shah due to which he had been given the command of the party in Bihar.
He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Khagaria Lok Sabha constituency as a member of the Samata Party. The leader always wears a turban on his head. When asked about it, he said that the turban would go off the moment Nitish Kumar is removed from the CM's post.
He was a minister in the RJD government headed by Rabri Devi and remained with the party till 2014. After that, he became part of a rebel faction and joined the JD(U) government headed by Jitan Ram Manjhi.
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