Samrat Choudhary is the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar. |
In January 2024, he became the deputy chief minister of Bihar along with Vijay Kumar Sinha in the Nitish Kumar government. |
Before 2014, Choudhary was a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal party, but later he joined a rebel group. |
In February 2014, thirteen MLAs left the RJD led by Choudhary to seek their own recognition. |
Choudhary raised concerns about the eligibility of RJD President Lalu Prasad due to a corruption conviction. |
He then joined the JD(U) in the same year of his rebellion, under Jitan Ram Manjhi. |
By 2017, he had become a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. |
During the 2020 Bihar Assembly election, he played a key role in campaigning for the National Democratic Alliance. |
Since September 2022, he has been consistently wearing a saffron turban, initially as a symbol of mourning for his mother's passing. |
By 2023, he had vowed to continue wearing the turban until Nitish Kumar was removed as the chief minister. |
When questioned by Nitish about the turban, Choudhary explained that he had taken a vow to remove him from power. |