Samrat Chaudhary

Samrat Chaudhary alias Rakesh Kumar is a politician and Member of Legislative Council from the Bhartiya Janata Party. He has also remained Member of Legislative Assembly and a minister in Government of Bihar in Rashtriya Janata Dal government. Chaudhary has been a former Vice President of BJP for the state of Bihar and currently elected for the second term as MLC in 2020 after his first term ended in 2019.[1][2][3] In 2014 Samrat planned a split in Rashtriya Janata Dal by defecting thirteen MLA as splinter group of the party. He later joined BJP.[4]

Samrat Chaudhary
MLC, Bihar Legislative Council
In office
2015–2020
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office
2010–2015
ConstituencyParbatta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Member of Legislative Council
In office
2020–2025
Minister, Urban Development and Housing, Health [ 2014 in Jitan Ram Manjhi Ministry ]
Minister of Metrology and Horticulture [ 1999 in Rabri Devi Ministry ]
Personal details
NationalityIndian
Political partyBhartiya Janata Party
Rashtriya Janata Dal
Janata Dal (United)
Spouse(s)Mamta Kumari
FatherShakuni Choudhury
OccupationPolitician
ReligionHinduism

Life

Samrat belongs to Koeri caste and has been OBC face of the BJP for long.[5][6][7] He was born on 16 November 1968 in Lakhanpur village of Munger. His mother's name is Parvati Devi and father's name is Shakuni Chaudhary. His ancestral village is in Lakhanpur in Tarapur block of Munger district. Samrat belongs to a family of politicians. The father of Samrat, Mr. Shakuni Choudhury has been an MLA and MP seven times and mother Parvati Devi has been an MLA from Tarapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency). After school life, he received higher education from Madurai Kamaraj University.[8]

Political career

Samrat Chaudhary joined active politics in 1990 and on 19 May 1999 he was sworn in as the Minister of Agriculture in the Bihar government. He contested from Parbatta (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in 2000 and 2010 and was elected MLA.[9] In 2010, he was made the Chief Whip of the opposition party in the Bihar Legislative Assembly. On 2 June 2014, he was sworn in and took charge as Minister of Urban Development and Housing Department in the Government of Bihar. In 2018, he was made the vice president of Bihar Pradesh in the Bharatiya Janata Party.[10] Before Joining BJP he has remained associated with Rashtriya Janata Dal as well as Janata Dal (United)[11] In 2020 Bihar Assembly election he was made star campaigner of National Democratic Alliance meanwhile he was embroiled in a controversy on giving a controversial statement on Lalu Prasad Yadav's caste equation.[12]

References
  1. "Mayukh, Samrat Choudhary BJP candidates for Bihar MLC polls". India Today. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  2. "बिहार विधान परिषद चुनाव में सभी 9 उम्मीदवार निर्विरोध चुने गए, JDU-RJD का दिखा दबदबा". newsnationtv. Retrieved 2020-11-15. The JDU's winning in Bihar Legislative Council are Dr. Kumud Verma, Professor Ghulam and Bhisam Sahni. While RJD to Mo Farooq, Rambali Singh and Sunil Kumar Singh have been made MLCs. On the other hand, Sanjay Prakash and Samrat Chaudhary from BJP have secured MLC seat while Sameer Kumar Singh from Congress has got a place in Bihar Legislative Council.
  3. "NDA Candidates File Nomination Papers For Council Elections In Bihar". NDTV. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  4. "PIL Against Lalu Over Distribution of Party Symbols". Outlook India. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  5. "भाजपा नेता सम्राट चौधरी बोले-हम न दूध वाले और न चावल वाले, हम तो सब्जी वाले हैं". Bhaskar.com. Retrieved 2020-11-15. BJP leader Samrat Chaudhary who comes from Kushwaha community, on the statement made by the RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha says that we are neither milk sellers nor rice growers, we are vegetable growers. The Kushvanshis (Kushwaha Caste) are known for vegetables. Rice is grown by people of every society. Although everyone should do the work of cooking kheer in politics, there are no two opinions about it. He was talking to a private television channel.
  6. "Kushwaha catch for BJP". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  7. "Mayukh, Samrat Choudhary BJP candidates for Bihar MLC polls". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  8. "Members Profile". Bihar Vidhan Parishad. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  9. "Samrat Chaudhary". Myneta. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  10. "Bihar: BJP nominates Samrat Chaudhary, Sanjay Mayukh for legislative council polls". Republic world. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  11. "बीजेपी का कोईरी कार्ड, सम्राट चौधऱी को कुशवाहा का विकल्प बनाने की तैयारी". News18. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  12. "Vaishali: disputed statement of Samrat Chaudhary on Lalu's MY equation". Retrieved 2020-11-15.
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