India, April 15 -- Bihar's chief minister-designate Samrat Choudhary, who is all set to replace the state's longest-serving CM Nitish Kumar after being elected as the NDA legislative party leader on Tuesday, has witnessed a meteoric rise in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since joining the party nine years ago. Known for his organisational skills and being a team player, the 57-year-old leader will on Wednesday become the BJP's first chief minister in the state.

Hailing from the politically influential Koeri (Kushwaha) community - a prominent Other Backward Classes (OBC) group in Bihar - Choudhary entered politics in 1990 as a member of the Lalu Prasad-led Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). His father Shakuni Choudhary was a six-time legislato...