Uday Narayan Choudhary: Difference between revisions

'''Uday Narayan Choudhary'''<ref>''economictimes''. ''[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bihar-assembly-speaker-uday-narayan-chaudhary-taking-help-of-naxals/articleshow/33183790.cms]''</ref> is an [[India]]n politician. He served as the Speaker of the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] from 2005-2015. He was a prominent [[Dalit]] face in the [[JD(U)]] and represented the Imamganj Vidhan Sabha Constituency from 1990–95 and then from 2000–2015, losing the 2015 election to former Chief Minister [[Jitan Ram Manjhi]]. He crossed over to the [[RJD]] in 2019 to protest the breakup of the [[Mahagathbandhan (2019)|Mahagathbandhan]] and [[JD(U)]] joining hands with the [[BJP]]  

He was also fielded by the [[Janata Dal (United)]] as its candidate in the [[Jamui (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jamui Lok Sabha constituency]] in the [[2014 Indian general election]].<ref>rediff. ''[http://www.rediff.com/news/report/ls-election-bihar-speakr-uday-narain-choudhary-how-can-i-seek-support-of-maoists-im-on-their-hit-list/20140404.htm 'How can I seek support of Maoists? I'm on their hit list']''</ref><ref>''Hindustan Times''. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140408074547/http://www.hindustantimes.com/elections2014/election-beat/reds-threaten-voters-in-chirag-s-jamui/article1-1205456.aspx Reds threaten voters in Chirag’s Jamui]''</ref> Chaudhary was considered a staunch [[Nitish Kumar]] loyalist as he scuttled rebellion in the [[JD(U)]] in August 2014 by disqualifying 8 rebel MLAs. He received widespread criticism for his February 2014  decision to notify a rebel group of 13 RJD MLAs as a separate entity without physically verifying the signatures to facilitate their merger into the [[JD(U)]]. However, as of 2017, he opposed [[JD(U)]]'s decision to re-join the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]] and has been a vocal critic of the same on different forums.

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