Samrat Chaudhary elected as BJP legislative party leader, Vijay Sinha deputy leader

Samrat Chaudhary, PM Modi and Nitish Kumar in Siwan (Photo: AFP)

Samrat Chuadhary has been elected as leader of the  BJP legislature party in Bihar on Wednesday and Vijay Sinha has been elected as deputy leader.

"I announce the names of Samrat Choudhary as the leader of the BJP legislature party and Vijay Kumar Sinha as the deputy leader," said BJP's Central Observer for the election of the leader of the legislative party in Bihar, KP Maurya.

Nitish Kumar will take oath as the Bihar Chief Minister for the tenth time on Thursday, according to a report by News18. He is scheduled to take oath at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan on November 20.

He was elected leader of the JD(U) legislative party and subsequently chosen as the head of the NDA during a meeting of representatives from the five constituent parties on Wednesday in Patna.

On Monday, Nitish met Governor Arif Mohammad Khan in Patna to recommend the dissolution of the current legislative assembly.