Patna, Apr 14: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary will take oath as the new CM of the state on Wednesday, a senior minister said here.
His statement came after Choudhary was elected the leader of the NDA legislative party on Tuesday.
Nitish Kumar, who heads the JD(U) and became a Rajya Sabha MP last week, resigned as the chief minister earlier in the day.
“Choudhary has been unanimously elected as Leader of the NDA Legislative party,” Union Minister Nityanand Rai said after the meeting attended by all MLAs of the alliance partners.
“Samart Choudhary jee will now take the oath as the next CM of Bihar on Wednesday,” Bihar minister Ram Kripal Yadav told reporters after the NDA legislative party meeting in which Nitish Kumar was present.
Choudhary later said Kumar himself proposed his name in the NDA Legislative Party meeting and gave his blessings.
Kumar, the longest serving CM of Bihar, on Tuesday submitted his resignation to Governor Syed Ata Hasnain. (PTI)
