Bihar's first BJP CM: Samrat Choudhary takes oath

NEW DELHI: Samrat Choudhary connected Wednesday took oath arsenic Bihar’s main minister, becoming the archetypal person from the Bharatiya Janata Party to presume the apical station successful the state.His elevation follows the exit of Nitish Kumar, who stepped down aft being nominated to the Rajya Sabha, marking a large governmental modulation successful Bihar aft much than 2 decades of Kumar’s dominance.Choudhary, 57, was elected person of the BJP legislative enactment connected Tuesday, clearing the mode for his appointment. “A gathering of the NDA legislative enactment volition beryllium held soon. Samrat Choudhary's volition beryllium formally announced during this meeting, and helium volition presume the bureau of main minister,” Bihar curate Dilip Jaiswal said pursuing the decision.A cardinal organisational fig wrong the BJP, Choudhary has played a cardinal relation successful the NDA authorities and antecedently held the Home portfolio.

He has often represented the BJP alongside Nitish Kumar astatine large governmental and authoritative events.Born into a governmental family, helium is the lad of seasoned person Shakuni Choudhary. Over the years, his governmental travel has included stints with the Rashtriya Janata Dal and Janata Dal (United) earlier joining the BJP successful 2017, a determination that accelerated his rise.Since then, his ascent wrong the enactment has been swift. He was appointed Bihar BJP president successful 2023 and aboriginal served arsenic lawman main curate successful the NDA authorities formed aft the 2025 assembly elections, winning from the Tarapur constituency.

Choudhary is besides seen arsenic a salient OBC look for the BJP, representing the Koeri Kushwaha community, which holds sizeable electoral power successful the state. His governmental positioning and outreach were cardinal to the BJP’s strategy successful Bihar successful caller years.Interestingly, earlier the BJP and JD(U) renewed their confederation successful 2024, Choudhary had been among Nitish Kumar’s sharpest critics. In 2022, helium had vowed not to region his saffron turban until Kumar was removed from power, a pledge helium aboriginal fulfilled successful 2024 aft the NDA returned to office.His assignment signals a displacement successful Bihar’s governmental landscape, with the BJP taking nonstop enactment of the authorities authorities arsenic it prepares for the adjacent signifier of governance and electoral challenges.