Samrat Choudhary | Bihar’s saffron face

When Nitish Kumar, Bihar’s Chief Minister for implicit 2 decades, took oath arsenic a subordinate of the Rajya Sabha successful Delhi connected April 10, speculation intensified implicit his successor.

Among the contenders, Samrat Choudhary, 57, Deputy Chief Minister and erstwhile State BJP president, has emerged arsenic the frontrunner. However, enactment leaders accidental a last determination volition beryllium made lone aft Mr. Kumar resigns, apt connected April 14. A caller authorities is expected to beryllium formed the pursuing day, April 15. Mr. Choudhary presently holds the cardinal Home portfolio and has been intimately shadowing BJP leaders arsenic good arsenic Mr. Kumar astatine authoritative engagements crossed the State.