With Nitish Kumar resigning as Bihar Chief Minister, the state is set to get its first BJP CM. Bihar Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary, who has been elected as BJP legislature party leader, will succeed Nitish as chief minister.
Samrat Choudhary was announced as the next Bihar CM after an NDA meeting at 4 pm in the Central Hall of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. He will be sworn in on Wednesday. Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who was the central observer for the legislature party leader's election, told reporters that "Samrat Chaudhary was unanimously elected as the BJP's legislature party leader.
Choudhary is the son of Nitish Kumar's former close aide Shakuni Choudhary. The Tarapur MLA joined the BJP in 2017 after spending nearly two decades in the RJD.
After submitting his resignation to Governor Lt Gen (Retd) Syed Ata Hasnain at the Lok Bhavan, Nitish said, "I have done a lot of work for the people of Bihar. Now the new government will look after the work in Bihar. The new government will have my full cooperation and guidance." He was accompanied by accompanied by Samrat Choudhary, JD(U) national working president Sanjay Jha, and state minister Vijay Choudhary.
