Samrat Choudhary was sworn in as Bihar's 24th Chief Minister on Wednesday, becoming the first BJP leader to hold the top post in the state. Governor Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain administered the oath, a day after Nitish Kumar — Bihar's longest-serving CM — resigned

The BJP, the single largest party in the 243-strong assembly with 89 MLAs, elected Choudhary as its legislature party leader soon after Nitish Kumar, who heads the JD(U) and became a Rajya Sabha MP last week, submitted his resignation to Governor Syed Ata Hasnain as the chief minister