Who are Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha? Likely deputy CMs in Nitish Kumar govt in Bihar

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Nitish Kumar, Janata Dal (United) president, Sunday resigned as the Chief Minister of Bihar, saying "things were not working well" for him in the Mahagathbandhan and the INDIA bloc. He staked claim to form a new government with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the party he had dumped less than 18 months ago. The new Bihar government is likely to have two deputy chief ministers – Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha of the BJP, news agency ANI reported citing sources.

Meanwhile, Samrat Choudhary was today elected as the leader of the BJP legislative party in Bihar, while Vijay Kumar Sinha was elected its deputy leader. "In the legislative party meeting held today, BJP MLAs approved the proposal to form an NDA government in the state with JD(U)'s support. State BJP president Samrat Chaudhary was elected leader of the legislative party and Vijay Sinha was elected deputy leader," PTI quoted Vinod Tawde, the BJP's in-charge of Bihar as saying.

Senior BJP leader Tarkishore Prasad told PTI-Video that "most certainly" Choudhary and Sinha will be the party's choice for the post of deputy chief ministers in the government. Other party leaders likely to be made ministers in the new Bihar government are Nitin Nabin, Shahnawaz Hussain, Rampreet Paswan, Neeraj Singh Babloo, besides Tarkishore Prasad, another BJP leader told the news agency. Rakesh Kumar alias Samrat Choudhary—BJP MLC and leader of the party in the Legislative Council—is an OBC leader belonging to the powerful koeri community.

Choudhary joined the saffron party in 2018. His father, Shakuni Chaudhary, a former army man-turned-politician and well-known socialist leader, was a minister and former MP. He is considered close to Nitish Kumar as well as Lalu Prasad Yadav.