Nitish Kumar resigns; Samrat Choudhary set to become next Bihar CM?
Nitish Kumar has resigned as Chief Minister of Bihar and is paving the way for Samrat Chaudhary (Samrat Choudhary) to become the state’s next CM, marking the first time the BJP will lead the Bihar government in the current NDA dispensation.
What has happened
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Nitish Kumar formally submitted his resignation to Bihar Governor Lieutenant General (Retd) Syed Ata Hasnain and has been asked to continue as caretaker CM until the new government is sworn in.
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He has already taken oath as a Rajya Sabha MP and resigned from the Bihar Legislative Council, completing the formal transition out of the state executive.
Samrat Chaudhary as next CM
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The BJP’s Bihar legislative party has elected Samrat Chaudhary as its leader, effectively confirming him as the projected next Chief Minister, with live reports indicating he is “set to become” Bihar CM.
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Chaudhary is currently Bihar’s Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister, and has a background that includes stint in the RJD and later JD(U) before moving to BJP and becoming state unit president.
Political context
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Nitish Kumar’s exit closes more than two decades of his continuous tenure as Bihar CM, during which he has led multiple alliance shifts (JD(U)–BJP and JD(U)–RJD).
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The transition reflects a power recalibration within the NDA, with the BJP claiming to lead the state government for the first time under Chaudhary while still broadly adhering to the existing alliance structure.
