Samrat Choudhary-led NDA Government Wins Trust Vote in Bihar Assembly

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government led by Samrat Choudhary on Friday won the trust vote in the 243-member Bihar legislative assembly, cementing its majority and marking a political transition in the state following the exit of veteran leader Nitish Kumar from the chief minister’s post.

The confidence motion, moved days after Choudhary assumed office, was passed comfortably amid support from NDA constituents, primarily the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)). The vote reaffirmed the coalition’s numerical strength in the assembly and ended days of political speculation over the stability of the new government.

Choudhary’s elevation to the top post marks a significant generational and political shift in Bihar’s leadership. A senior BJP leader in the state, he had previously served as deputy chief minister and was seen as a key organisational figure credited with expanding the party’s footprint in Bihar, particularly among Other Backward Classes (OBC) communities.

His rise comes after Nitish Kumar, one of Bihar’s longest-serving chief ministers and a central figure in the state’s coalition politics for nearly two decades, stepped aside to take up the role of a Rajya Sabha MP, paving the way for a BJP-led leadership within the NDA framework.