Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary elected BJP legislature party leader, set to be new CM

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary is set to be the states first CM of the Bharatiya Janata Party after he was elected the BJP legislature party leader on TuesdayThe BJP the single largest party in the 243strong assembly with 89 MLAs elected Choudhary as its legislature party leader soon after Nitish Kumar who heads the JDU and became a Rajya Sabha MP last week submitted his resignation to Governor Syed Ata Hasnain as the chief ministerChouhan whom the BJP parliamentary board named central observer for the legislature party leaders election told reporters Samrat Chaudhary was unanimously elected as the BJPs legislature party leaderChoudhary BJP MLA from Tarapur will be the next CM of Bihar after his election as the NDA legislature partyBJP ally Upendra Kushwaha in a post on X congratulated Samrat Choudhary who is Bihar Deputy Chief Minister for his new responsibilityIn a long post after tendering his resignation Nitish Kumar listed the works done under his rule also expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra ModiThe post on X in Hindi read You know that on 24 November 2005 the NDA government was formed in the state for the first time Since then the rule of law has prevailed in the state and we have been continuously engaged in development work The government has worked for the development of all sections of society from the very beginning whether Hindus Muslims upper castes backward classes extremely backward classes Dalits or Mahadalitswork has been done for everyone Work has been done in every sector whether education health roads electricity or agriculture A lot of work has also been done for women and youthHe said the NDA government has done a lot of work for the people of Bihar We have continuously served the people of Bihar The new government will have my full cooperation and guidance Even ahead a lot of very good work will be done and Bihar will advance a great deal I extend my heartfelt thanks to everyone and offer my best wishes he addedNitish Kumar resigns as Bihar CMBihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said he has submitted his resignation from the post to Governor Syed Ata HasnainKumar the longestserving CM of Bihar made this announcement on X after he met the governor at Lok Bhavan in PatnaAccompanied by Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary JDUs national working president Sanjay Jha and state minister Vijay Choudhary Kumar reached Lok Bhavan and submitted his resignationI have done a lot of work for the people of Bihar Recently I decided to leave the post of chief minister and therefore after todays cabinet meeting I met the governor and submitted my resignation to him Kumar saidThe 75yearold JDU chief became a Rajya Sabha MP last weekNow 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