Samrat Choudhary is an Indian politician. In January 2024, he served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar along with Vijay Kumar Sinha in the Nitish Kumar government. He is the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar.
Wiki/Biography
Samrat Choudhary was born on Saturday, November 16, 1968, in Lakhanpur, Bihar (age 55; as of 2023). His zodiac sign is Scorpio. He is also known as Rakesh Kumar. He has received his PhD from LITT, a public university in California, USA. Later, he completed PFC course from Kamraj University, Tamil Nadu.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′11″
Weight (approximately): 80kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Samrat Choudhary’s father, Shakuni Choudhary, was a soldier-turned-politician who served as a Member of Parliament and MLA and a founding member of the Samatha Party .
Shakuni Chowdhury
His mother Parvati Devi is an Indian politician who served as MLA for Tarapur constituency in Bihar. She died in September 2022 due to long-term illness.
Parvati Devi
He has 4 brothers and sisters. His brother Rohit Choudhary is a member of the JDU party.
Rohit Chaudhry
wife and children
Samrat Choudhary is married to advocate Mamta Kumari. The couple has two children, a son and a daughter.
Samrat Choudhary with wife and children
religion
Samrat Choudhary follows Hinduism.
caste
Samrat Choudhary is the OBC representative of the BJP and a member of the Koeri caste. In Bihar, the Kushwahar caste is the second largest OBC group after the Yadav caste.
address
43, Harding Road, Patna, Bihar
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Profession
Ministries held
Samrat Choudhary entered politics actively in 1990 and was sworn in as the Agriculture Minister of the Government of Bihar on May 19, 1999 under the Rabri Devi government. As agriculture minister, he ran the surveying and horticulture department, but he was quickly removed from his post after the opposition claimed he was underage. On June 2, 2014, he was appointed as the Minister of Urban Development and Housing in the Government of Jidan Ram Manjhi. In 2021, Samrat was appointed as Panchayati Raj Minister in Nitish Kumar’s expanded cabinet on the basis of BJP quota.
Samrat Choudhary (extreme right) performs duties as Panchayati Raj Minister
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
In 2000, he was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Parbhata constituency on the Janata Party ticket. In 2010, he contested the Bihar Legislative Assembly elections from Parbhata constituency on the name of Janata Dal and defeated his nearest rival Ramanand Prasad Singh by 808 votes.
Party positions held
In 2010, he was appointed Chief Whip of the Opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly. In 2018, he was appointed as the Bihar vice-president of the BJP. In 2020, he was one of the leading contenders of the National Democratic Alliance during the Bihar Assembly elections. On August 24, 2022, he served as Leader of Opposition in Bihar Legislative Council before Rabri Devi. In March 2023, Chaudhry succeeded Sanjay Jaiswal as the president of the Bihar party of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Political analysts said the party leadership took this action to create a strong base among Kushwaha voters.
Member of Bihar Legislative Council
In May 2014, he was appointed as a member of the Bihar Legislative Council by then Bihar Governor DY Patil. On June 29, 2020, he was re-elected as a member of the Bihar Legislative Council.
deputy chief minister
On January 28, 2024, Samrat Choudhary became the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar along with Vijay Kumar Sinha. On the same day, he was also elected as the leader of the Legislature of the Bharatiya Janata Party. In an interview, while thanking the PPP and expressing his gratitude to the party, he said,
The BJP has done a historic thing in my life. It was an exciting moment for me to be elected leader of the Legislative Party and join the government. Our mandate in 2020 was to develop Bihar and end the terror of Lalu Yadav – when the BJP received advice from Nitish Kumar to ensure there is no ‘jungle rule’ in Bihar ”, Sanjay Jha came here as his ambassador and we decided to support it. “
Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha
dispute
Forging age accusations
In November 1999, Samrat Choudhary was sacked by Governor Suraj Bhan on the grounds that he was a minor; he invoked Article 164 of the Constitution and hinted at becoming a minister, a A person should reach the qualifying age to become a member of the State Legislative Assembly (25 years) or Legislative Council (30 years). Further, Governor Suraj Bhan directed the state government to file a case of fraud, forgery and misrepresentation against Choudhary and initiate repayment of all salary and benefits provided to him since his appointment as minister. The dispute initially arose out of a petition submitted by Samatha Party leaders Raghunath Jha and PK Sinha to state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) AK Basu and then Governor Justice BM Lal, claiming that Chaudhry was not old enough to be a minister , because he is under 25 years old. Lal directed Basu to investigate the situation and provide a report within 25 days. Lal later retired but the matter came up again when Suraj Bhan directed the CEO to submit the entire report by November 5, 1999. In his report to the governor, Basu noted Choudhary’s failure to cooperate with investigators, saying:
The minister failed to prove that he was of age to be a qualified minister. ”
Charges under IPC
Samrat has been charged under 2 sections of the IPC: IPC Section 171F (relating to undue influence or impersonation in elections) and IPC Section 188 (charges related to non-compliance with the duty of an order issued by a public servant).
controversial statement
In August 2023, Samrat Choudhary hit the headlines after he made a controversial statement on the show Tulsi Ke Ram. He stated that he would not accept 1947 as the year of India’s independence and believed that India gained true independence only after the 1977 general revolutionary movement led by Jayaprakash Narayan. It was a political movement started by students in Bihar against the tyranny and corruption of the state government and later turned against Indira Gandhi’s central government. This later led to several ministers questioning Samrat Chaudhry’s knowledge.
assets/property
movable property
Cash: Rs. 1,50,000
Deposits with banks, financial institutions and non-banking financial companies: Rs. 7,74,606
Corporate bonds, debentures and shares: Rs. 10,40,000
Jewelry: Rs. 6,00,000
real estate
Agricultural land: Rs. 86,11,408
Non-agricultural land: Rs. 4,87,44,744
Commercial Buildings: Rs. 85,00,000
Note: The estimates given are based on 2019. Assets owned by his wife and minor dependents are not included.
net worth
Samrat Choudhary’s net worth (as of 2019) is approximately Rs. 80 million rupees.
Facts/Trivia
- Samrat Choudhary remained associated with the Rashtriya Janata Dal until 2014 and later became a member of the rebel faction.
- In February 2014, Samrat Choudhary led 13 MLAs to defect from the RJD, seeking recognition as an independent group.
- He filed a PIL in the Patna High Court questioning the validity of RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s distribution of party symbols to candidates and alleged that Lalu Prasad was involved in a corruption case A person who has been convicted of a crime is not eligible to hold this position.
- Later, he joined the JD(U) in 2014, which was then led by Jitan Ram Manjhi. Three years later, in 2017, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Samrat Chaudhry (centre) after joining the Bharatiya Janata Party
- Samrat Choudhary has been wearing a saffron turban since September 2022. He initially started wearing the turban to express grief after his mother Parvati Devi passed away due to illness, but later it took a political form.
- In 2023, after Nitish Kumar broke away from the BJP and formed a new government with the support of the grand alliance, Chaudhry vowed to wear a turban until Nitish was removed as chief minister.
- In an interview, Samrat spoke about a conversation he had with Nitish and narrated what Nitish said to him when he was asked why he wears turban regularly,
I told him (CM) that I have sworn to oust him from the throne and the ‘pagadi’ (turban) will be removed on the day you are deposed. I said I also pray for your blessing to fulfill my wish. “
Samrat Choudhary in saffron turban
- In his spare time, he enjoys playing cricket. He also supported and promoted a number of statewide sports and cultural events.
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