Patna, Nov 20: With the Nitish Kumar 10.0 regime, BJP leader Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha took oaths as the Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar.

Sinha won the Lakhisarai constituency in the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections by defeating Congress candidate Amaresh Kumar by 24,940 votes. He became the Deputy Chief Minister in January 2024 and held several ministries, including Agriculture, Road Construction, Mines, Geology, Art, Culture and Youth and Labour Resources, during different tenures. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly from 2022 to 2024.

He was also the Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from 2020 to 2022. He represented the Lakhisarai Assembly constituency in February 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2020.

Similalry, Choudhary won the Tarapur constituency in the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections by defeating Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate Arun Kumar by 45,843 votes. He became the Deputy Chief Minister in January 2024 and held several ministries, including Finance, Commercial Taxes and Panchayati Raj, during different tenures.

Choudhary was the Cabinet minister in the Jitan Ram Manjhi and Rabri Devi governments. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Legislative Council from 2022 to 2023.

He was also the BJP Bihar state unit chief from 2023 to 2024. He represented the Parbatta Assembly constituency twice in 2000 and 2010 as a Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) nominee.

Both the Dy. CMs were administered oaths after Nitish Kumar was sworn in as the 10-time Chief Minister of Bihar today, in a grand celebration held at the Gandhi Maidan.