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	== Early life and career ==		== Early life and career ==

	Choudhary was born in [[Dalsinghsarai]], [[Samastipur district]] of Bihar in a [[Bhumihar~~]] [[Brahmin~~]] family. His father, late Jagdish Prasad Chaudhary, had been a freedom fighter, an [[Indian National Congress]] politician and a three term member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from the Dalsinghsarai constituency.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Early life\|url=http://myneta.info/bih2010/candidate.php?candidate_id=969}}</ref> He completed his Master of Arts in History from Patna University in 1979 and joined the [[State Bank of India]] as a Probationary Officer in [[Trivandrum]] in the same year.		Choudhary was born in [[Dalsinghsarai]], [[Samastipur district]] of Bihar in a [[Bhumihar]] family. His father, late Jagdish Prasad Chaudhary, had been a freedom fighter, an [[Indian National Congress]] politician and a three term member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from the Dalsinghsarai constituency.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Early life\|url=http://myneta.info/bih2010/candidate.php?candidate_id=969}}</ref> He completed his Master of Arts in History from Patna University in 1979 and joined the [[State Bank of India]] as a Probationary Officer in [[Trivandrum]] in the same year.

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	He organized workshops to facilitate dialogue between the civil society and legislators for more informed lawmaking. He has also been organizing blood donation camps on the Assembly's foundation day wherein legislators donate blood for use by needy patients.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Bihar legislators to donate blood on assembly foundation day tomorrow\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/bihar-assembly-blood-assembly-foundation-day-959312-2017-02-06}}</ref>		He organized workshops to facilitate dialogue between the civil society and legislators for more informed lawmaking. He has also been organizing blood donation camps on the Assembly's foundation day wherein legislators donate blood for use by needy patients.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Bihar legislators to donate blood on assembly foundation day tomorrow\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/bihar-assembly-blood-assembly-foundation-day-959312-2017-02-06}}</ref>

	Under his leadership as the Chairman of the [[Commonwealth Parliamentary Association]] Bihar Chapter, the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] successfully organised the annual conference of [[Commonwealth Parliamentary Association]] India Region, attended by both national and international dignitaries, including Chairperson of the [[Commonwealth Parliamentary Association]] Emilia Monjowa Lifaka.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Commonwealth Parliamentary Association meet begins in Patna on Saturday\|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/commonwealth-parliamentary-association-meet-begins-in-patna-on-saturday-118021601392_1.html}}</ref>		Under his leadership as the Chairman of the [[Commonwealth Parliamentary Association]] Bihar Chapter, the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] successfully organised the annual conference of [[Commonwealth Parliamentary Association]] India Region, attended by both national and international dignitaries, including Chairperson of the [[Commonwealth Parliamentary Association]] [[Emilia Monjowa Lifaka]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=Commonwealth Parliamentary Association meet begins in Patna on Saturday\|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/commonwealth-parliamentary-association-meet-begins-in-patna-on-saturday-118021601392_1.html}}</ref>

	== Personal life ==		== Personal life ==

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| residence = [[2 Deshratna Marg]], [[Patna]]
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| profession = Politician <br />Probationary Officer
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| party = [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| spouse = Ganga Choudhary
| children = Shubhaditya Choudhary, Ankita Choudhary
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| office = Minister for Education and Parliamentary Affairs - [[Government of Bihar]]
| term_start = 09 February 2021
| term_end =
| order1 = Minister for Water Resources, Parliamentary Affairs, Rural Works Engineering, Rural Development, Information and Public Relations, [[Government of Bihar]]
| term_start1 = 16 November 2020
| term_end1 = 09 February 2021
| order2 = 15th [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] of the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start2 = 2 December 2015
| term_end2 = 15 November 2020
| predecessor2 = [[Uday Narayan Choudhary]]
| successor2 = [[Vijay Kumar Sinha]]
| order3 = Minister for Water Resources, Agriculture, Information and Public Relations, Animal and Fish Resources, Home (In-charge), [[Government of Bihar]]
| term_start3 = 26 November 2010
| term_end3 = 20 November 2015

| predecessor3 = [[Nitish Kumar]]
| successor3 = [[Nitish Kumar]]
| order4 = [[Leader of Opposition]], [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start4 = 19 February 2015
| term_end4 = 20 February 2015
| predecessor4 = [[Nand Kishore Yadav]]
| successor4 = [[Nand Kishore Yadav]]
| order5 = [[President (corporate title)|President]], [[Bihar]] [[JD(U)]]
| term_start5 = 14 February 2010
| term_end5 = 26 November 2010
| predecessor5 = [[Rajiv Ranjan Singh]]
| successor5 = [[Bashistha Narain Singh]]
| order6 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]], [[Sarairanjan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]
| term_start6 = 2010
| predecessor6 = [[Ramchandra Singh Nishad]]
| order7 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]], [[Dalsinghsarai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]
| term_start7 = 1982
| term_end7 = 1995
| predecessor7 = [[Jagdish Prasad Chaudhary]]
| successor7 = [[Ram Lakhan Mahato]]
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'''Vijay Kumar Chaudhary''' (born 8 January 1957) is an Indian politician. He has been a member of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] since 1982, and is currently serving as the Cabinet Minister for Education and Parliamentary Affairs ministries in the [[Government of Bihar]].

He has previously held the posts of [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]], Leader of [[Janata Dal (United)]] Legislature Party in Bihar Legislative Assembly<ref>{{cite news|title=Speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhary urged to recognise JDU as main opposition party in Bihar|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/article/miscellaneous/speaker-uday-narayan-chaudhary-urged-to-recognise-jdu-as-main-opposition-party-in-bihar/42644/|work=Financial Express}}</ref> and the Minister for Water Resources, Rural Development, Rural Works Engineering, Information & Public Relations, Agriculture, Animal and Fish Resources ministries in the [[Government of Bihar]].<ref>{{cite web|title=WRD minister|url=http://gov.bih.nic.in/Governance/default.htm|access-date=12 June 2014}}</ref> He is considered to be the Number 2 in JDU's pecking order of the Bihar cabinet and is a member of [[Nitish Kumar]]'s core committee which shapes policies of the Government and the party.<ref>{{cite news|title=Key candidates to look out for in Bihar Elections 2015|url=http://www.thehindu.com/elections/bihar2015/key-candidates-to-look-out-for-in-bihar-elections-2015/article7850891.ece}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=ministers back to business|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130621/jsp/bihar/story_17029462.jsp#.VKJKuGwBg|work=Telegraph India|author=SANJEEV KUMAR VERMA}}</ref>

Chaudhary served as the Home Minister-in-charge, putting forth the Government's stand on home affairs in Bihar Legislative Assembly.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-03-14/news/37713528_1_bihar-govt-cases-courts-nda-government | title=Bihar govt for speedy trial in cases of rape, heinous crimes | newspaper=Economic Times | date=14 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Finance Bill passed by legislative assembly amid ruckus|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/financial-bill-passed-by-legislative-assembly-amid-ruckus-114122400817_1.html|work=Economic Times}}</ref> He has also held the position of Finance Minister-in-charge and presented Bihar's Annual Budget for the 2014-15 fiscal.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bihar budget|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/union-budget-betrays-backward-states-nitish/article5701341.ece|publisher=the hindu|date=2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Chaudhary sworn as wrd minister|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/nitish-sworn-in-as-bihar-cm/article915147.ece|access-date=12 June 2014}}</ref> Known for being an efficient administrator and a soft-spoken person with a clean image, he is a close confidante of [[Nitish Kumar]] and was speculated to succeed him as Chief Minister of Bihar following the latter's resignation after the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.<ref>{{cite news|title=Positives in an uneven state|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/shankerdutt/2820/62040/positives-in-an-uneven-state.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101015070924/http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/shankerdutt/2820/62040/positives-in-an-uneven-state.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-10-15|work=IBN Live (blog)}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Nitish Kumar sworn in as 32nd Chief Minister of Bihar|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-nitish-kumar-sworn-in-as-32nd-chief-minister-of-bihar-1472422|work=DNA India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Mandate for 'PM' Modi left Nitish no choice|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/Mandate-for-PM-Modi-left-Nitish-with-no-choice/articleshow/35272137.cms|work=Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Jitan Ram Manjhi is out to win friends to stay in the chief minister's chair|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/jitan-ram-manjhi-bihar-chief-minister-nitish-kumar/1/382396.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PA system pill to plug hearsay|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1141021/jsp/bihar/story_18946935.jsp#.WKq2aW995XQ}}</ref>

== Early life and career ==

Choudhary was born in [[Dalsinghsarai]], [[Samastipur district]] of Bihar in a [[Bhumihar]] [[Brahmin]] family. His father, late Jagdish Prasad Chaudhary, had been a freedom fighter, an [[Indian National Congress]] politician and a three term member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from the Dalsinghsarai constituency.<ref>{{cite news|title=Early life|url=http://myneta.info/bih2010/candidate.php?candidate_id=969}}</ref> He completed his Master of Arts in History from Patna University in 1979 and joined the [[State Bank of India]] as a Probationary Officer in [[Trivandrum]] in the same year.

== Political career ==

After the demise of his legislator father in 1982, Chaudhary resigned from his job and won the subsequent by-election from Dalsinghsarai on a Congress ticket. He was re-elected from Dalsinghsarai for two more terms in 1985 and 1990. During this stint as a legislator from 1982-1995, he served as the Deputy Chairman of Bihar State Industrial Development Corporation (BSIDC) and Deputy Chief Whip of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP). He sought re-election again from Dalsinghsarai in 1995 and 2000 but lost the polls.
Chaudhary served as General Secretary of Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee from 2000-2005. He joined [[JD(U)]] in 2005 and unsuccessfully contested the [[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]] from Sarairanjan. He was appointed as the General Secretary and Chief Spokesperson of the party in 2008. He continued to serve in this capacity until February 2010, when he was nominated as the President of Bihar JD(U) and led the party during its victory in [[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/article710463.ece "New chief of Bihar JD(U)"]. ''The Hindu'', 15 February 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Parties for deployment of central forces at ech booth|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Parties-for-deployment-of-central-forces-at-each-booth/articleshow/6595470.cms?referral=PM|access-date=12 June 2014}}</ref><ref name=irks>{{cite news|title=Poor wrd fund|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Poor-spending-of-Plan-funds-irks-WRD-minister/articleshow/11345200.cms?referral=PM}}</ref> He himself won the election from [[Sarairanjan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] with a margin of 17557 votes and was inducted as the Water Resources Minister in the newly formed cabinet,<ref>[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]</ref> assuming charge on 26 November 2010.<ref name=irks />

He tendered his resignation from the Council of Ministers on 7 February 2015 to protest the continuance of [[Jitan Ram Manjhi]] as [[Chief Minister]] despite the election of [[Nitish Kumar]] as the Leader of [[JD(U)]] Legislature Party.<ref>{{cite news|title=Crisis in Bihar. 20 Ministers Resign in Support for Nitish Kumar|url=http://www.ndtv.com/cheat-sheet/jdu-votes-for-nitish-kumar-to-return-as-bihar-chief-minister-737740|publisher=NDTV}}</ref>

He was elected as the Leader of [[JD(U)]] Legislature Party in the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] and staked claim to the opposition status. He was subsequently recognized as the [[Leader of Opposition]] on 19 February 2015 by then Speaker [[Uday Narayan Chaudhary]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Nitish Kumar's JD(U) recognised as main opposition party in Bihar|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-02-19/news/59304924_1_opposition-party-party-president-sharad-yadav-manjhi-government}}</ref> Post victory in the trust vote and [[Nitish Kumar]] assuming charge as [[Chief Minister]] for the fourth time, he was inducted as the Cabinet Minister for Water Resources with the additional charge of Agriculture, Information & Public Relations and Animal and Fish Resources Departments.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ministers allotted portfolios|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150225/jsp/bihar/story_5327.jsp#.VO1TwJhWHIU|work=Telegraph India}}</ref>

He retained his [[Sarairanjan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] in 2015 elections with a margin of 34044 votes. He was elected unopposed to the post of Speaker of Bihar Legislative Assembly on 2 December 2015 after consensus was generated on his name among all political parties of the state, including the Opposition [[BJP]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Nitish Kumar's confidante Vijay Chaudhary is new Bihar Speaker|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/nitish-kumars-confidante-vijay-chaudhary-is-new-bihar-speaker/articleshow/50011049.cms}}</ref> He was re-elected from [[Sarairanjan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] in the 2020 elections. He was inducted in the Cabinet of [[Nitish Kumar]] on 16 November 2020 and allotted the portfolios of Water Resources, Rural Works, Rural Development, Information & Public Relations and Parliamentary Affairs Departments.

== Achievements ==

As Water Resources Minister, Chaudhary is credited with the completion of Durgawati Reservoir in 2014, a massive irrigation project started in 1976 which got delayed by 38 years due to land acquisition and environmental clearance related issues.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bihar Durgawati reservoir project to see light of day after 38 years|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/bihar/bihar-durgawati-reservoir-project-to-see-light-of-day-after-38-years_957055.html}}</ref> His tenure (2010-2015) saw no major floods after the [[2008 Bihar flood]]. Under his leadership, the Water Resources Ministry launched eight river-linking projects at a cost of Rs 4442 crores.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bihar launches ambitious river linking projects|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/bihar-launches-ambitious-river-linking-projects/article2073483.ece}}</ref>

As [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] of the Legislative Assembly, Chaudhary brought 44 amendments to the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business, the most significant of them being the introduction of the concept of 'Confidence Motion' under Rule 109(A), wherein the Government of the day can move a motion to seek confidence from the House. Bihar is the only state in the country with a rule to deal with confidence motion moved by Government of the day. The [[Nitish Kumar]] government, with BJP and other NDA constituents as allies, was the first to move a confidence motion in the Assembly, on 28 July 2017, to prove its majority in the lower House.
He also amended rules to allow inclusion of [[Member of the Legislative Council (India)|MLC]]s in House Committees dealing with financial matters.<ref>{{cite news|title=Where Govt can move confidence motion|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/bihar/where-govt-can-move-confidence-motion/cid/1381590}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=trust-vote-vijay-kumar-choudhary-writes-to-ls-speaker-on-bihars-rule|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/trust-vote-vijay-kumar-choudhary-writes-to-ls-speaker-on-bihars-rule/articleshow/59023994.cms}}</ref>

He introduced a Question Reply Management System (QRMS) for online receipt of questions from [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLAs]] and provision of answers by concerned Government departments through the same channel. To bring transparency in the recruitment policy of the Legislative Assembly Secretariat, he divested the Office of Speaker of powers of recruitment and awarded the job to a Central agency, also responsible for recruitment in [[Parliament of India]] through a competitive and fair process.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bihar Assembly introduces online questions for MLAs|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2018/india/bihar-assembly-introduces-online-questions-for-mlas.html}}</ref> He has also initiated the implementation of the National e-Vidhan Application Project to make [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] paperless.<ref>{{cite news|title=Assembly to go paperless: Speaker|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/assembly-to-go-paperless-speaker/articleshow/66515481.cms}}</ref>

He organized workshops to facilitate dialogue between the civil society and legislators for more informed lawmaking. He has also been organizing blood donation camps on the Assembly's foundation day wherein legislators donate blood for use by needy patients.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bihar legislators to donate blood on assembly foundation day tomorrow|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/bihar-assembly-blood-assembly-foundation-day-959312-2017-02-06}}</ref>

Under his leadership as the Chairman of the [[Commonwealth Parliamentary Association]] Bihar Chapter, the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] successfully organised the annual conference of [[Commonwealth Parliamentary Association]] India Region, attended by both national and international dignitaries, including Chairperson of the [[Commonwealth Parliamentary Association]] Emilia Monjowa Lifaka.<ref>{{cite news|title=Commonwealth Parliamentary Association meet begins in Patna on Saturday|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/commonwealth-parliamentary-association-meet-begins-in-patna-on-saturday-118021601392_1.html}}</ref>

== Personal life ==

He is married to Ganga Choudhary. The couple has a son, Shubhaditya and a daughter, Ankita.

== References ==

{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{cite web|title=Bihar cabinet minister|url=http://cm.bih.nic.in/cabinet-minister-bihar.htm|access-date=2014-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140623104909/http://cm.bih.nic.in/cabinet-minister-bihar.htm|archive-date=2014-06-23|url-status=dead}}
*{{cite web|title=Bihar foundation team|url=http://www.biharfoundation.in/team/}}
*{{cite news|title=my neta info|url=http://myneta.info/bih2010/candidate.php?candidate_id=969|access-date=12 June 2014}}

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