Bihar Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary set to be new CM
PATNA, April 14: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said he has submitted his resignation from the post to Governor Syed Ata Hasnain.
Kumar, the longest-serving CM of Bihar, made this announcement on X after he met the governor at Lok Bhavan here.
Accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, JD(U)’s national working president Sanjay Jha, and state minister Vijay Choudhary, Kumar reached Lok Bhavan and submitted his resignation.
“I have done a lot of work for the people of Bihar. Recently, I decided to leave the post of chief ministerâ?¦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 the social media post.
BJP’S SAMRAT CHOUDHARY TO BE NEW CM
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary was elected the leader of the NDA legislative party on Tuesday, paving the way for his becoming the first BJP CM of Bihar, said Union Minister Nityanand Rai.Nitish Kumar, who heads the JD(U) and became a Rajya Sabha MP last week, resigned as the chief minister earlier in the day.Choudhary is now expected to take the oath as the next CM of Bihar on Wednesday.
“Choudhary has been unanimously elected as Leader of the NDA Legislative party”, Rai told reporters after the meeting attended by all MLAs of the NDA alliance partners.
Nitish Kumar was also present in the meeting.Earlier in the day, Choudhary was elected the leader of the BJP legislature party.The BJP is the single largest party in the 243-strong Bihar assembly with 89 MLAs. (PTI)
