Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary was on Tuesday elected the BJP legislature party leader, paving the way for his elevation as state X chief minister in place of JDU veteran Nitish Kumar who submitted his resignation earlier in the day.
Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who is the BJP central observer for the election of CLP leader, said the BJP has unanimously elected Choudhary as its legislature party leader.
Chaudhary, the BJP’s legislator from Tarapur, will take over as the next Chief Minister of Bihar after his election as the NDA legislature party.
Chaudhary, the BJP’s legislator from Tarapur, will take over as the next Chief Minister of Bihar after his election as the NDA legislature party.
The BJP is the single largest party in the 243-strong Assembly with 89 MLAs.
Nitish Kumar, who heads the JD(U) and became a Rajya Sabha MP last week, and submitted his resignation to Governor Syed Ata Hasnain earlier today.
Nitish Kumar has been the longest-serving CM of Bihar.
When he went to governor house, he was accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, JD(U)’s national working president Sanjay Jha and state minister Vijay Choudhary.
“I have done a lot of work for the people of Bihar. Recently, I decided to leave the post of chief minister and therefore, after today’s cabinet meeting, I met the governor and submitted my resignation to him,” Kumar said.
The 75-year-old JD(U) chief became a Rajya Sabha MP last week. “Now the new government will look after the work in Bihar. The new government will have my full cooperation and guidance,” Kumar wrote on X.
