Ahead of the Bihar assembly’s oath ceremony, senior BJP leader Samrat Choudhary on Wednesday was named its legislature party leader. The announcement of Choudhary being given this responsibility was made during a meeting of newly elected MLAs in Bihar`s Patna on Wednesday, UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya said.

As reported by news agency PTI, the newly elected MLAs also chose Vijay Kumar Sinha as deputy leader of the BJP`s legislature party, he said.