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Bihar CM Samrat Choudhary to Seek Confidence Vote Today Amid NDA Majority

Newly-appointed Bihar CM Samrat Choudhary will seek a confidence vote in the state assembly today after Nitish Kumar's resignation. The NDA alliance holds a comfortable majority with 202 MLAs, while the INDIA bloc has only 35. BJP leader Ram Kripal Yadav predicted Choudhary would win with over 200 votes. Choudhary, the first BJP CM of Bihar, comes from a political family and was previously Deputy CM.

Key Points: Samrat Choudhary Vote of Confidence: Bihar Floor Test

  • Samrat Choudhary to seek confidence vote in Bihar Assembly
  • NDA has 202 MLAs, INDIA bloc 35, in 243-member House
  • BJP leader Ram Kripal Yadav predicts win with over 200 votes
  • Choudhary is first BJP CM of Bihar; father Shakuni Choudhary was six-time MLA
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Bihar CM Samrat Choudhary to seek vote of confidence today

Bihar CM Samrat Choudhary seeks floor test today after Nitish Kumar's resignation. NDA holds 202 MLAs; INDIA bloc has 35. BJP leader says win with huge margin.

"The floor test will happen today and we will agree on his new appointment as CM... He will win with a huge margin... He will win with more than 200 votes. - Ram Kripal Yadav"

Patna, April 24

The newly-appointed Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary is set to seek the confidence vote in the State assembly on Friday.

The process was necessitated after Choudhary took oath of office following the resignation of Nitish Kumar from the chief ministerial post.

The NDA alliance holds a comfortable majority in the Bihar Assembly with 202 MLAs as opposed to 35 of the RJD-led opposition in the 243-member House.

"The floor test will happen today and we will agree on his new appointment as CM... He will win with a huge margin... He will win with more than 200 votes," BJP leader Ram Kripal Yadav told ANI,

JDU MLA Shalini Mishra believes that Samrat Choudhary would get more votes than the number of members of the NDA. "I wanted to congratulate our new CM Samrat Choudhary. Definitely we will clear the floor test and we will get more votes than the number of members of NDA," she said.

Out of the 202 NDA MLA, BJP has 89, JD(U) has 85, comfortably crossing the majority mark required to seal the CM's position. The NDA alliance adds to its tally with 19 MLAs of the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), five of the Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) and four of the Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM).

The INDIA bloc has only 35 MLAs, including 25 of the RJD, six of the Congress, two of the CPI(ML), one of the CPM and one of the IIP.

AIMIM has five MLAs, and the Bahujan Samaj Party has one.

Samrat Choudhary is the first BJP CM of Bihar. He comes from a family deeply rooted in politics. His father, Shakuni Choudhary, was a six-time MLA from the Tarapur constituency. His mother, Parvati Devi, won the same seat in 1998 for the now-defunct Samta Party.

Samrat Choudhary was appointed as the BJP's state president in 2023 and later became the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar in 2024.

He took oath to office after the longest-serving Bihar CM Nitish Kumar resigned from the CM post to move to the Rajya Sabha as an MP.

- ANI

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Priya S
Honestly, I'm tired of all this political drama. Nitish Kumar has been CM so many times with different alliances. Now Samrat Choudhary becomes CM but how much will really change for the common man? Let's wait and watch. The numbers are clear - 202 MLAs vs 35 opposition. It's a done deal.
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Naveen S
Interesting to see Shalini Mishra saying they'll get MORE votes than NDA members. That means some opposition MLAs might cross-vote! Bihar politics always has these surprises. But with 202 MLAs, even without cross-voting, it's a cakewalk for Samrat ji. My only concern is whether this new CM can handle Bihar's challenges like floods, unemployment, and infrastructure.
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Ananya R
First BJP CM of Bihar! That's a big deal. But I'm a bit skeptical - his father Shakuni Choudhary was in Samta Party, and now he's in BJP. Political families switching parties is common in Bihar. Let's see if Samrat brings fresh governance or just continues the same old politics. The opposition is very weak with only 35 MLAs 😕
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James A
As an outsider looking in, this seems like a well-orchestrated political move. Nitish Kumar resigning to go to Rajya Sabha, and the NDA smoothly transitioning to a BJP CM. The numbers are so lopsided (202 vs 35) that there's no real contest. Hope this stability leads to better governance for Bihar's people.
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Manish T
Look at the math - 89 BJP + 85 JD(U

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