Ashok Choudhary

Ashok Choudhary is an Indian politician from Bihar. He was a two time MLA from Barbigha Assembly constituency in Bihar. He was a Member of the Bihar Legislative Council since 2014.^[1][2] He also served as the Cabinet Minister for the Building Construction Department in the government led by Nitish Kumar.^[3] He also served as cabinet minister in the Department of Education.^[4][5] He was appointed Working President of Janta Dal United, Bihar.^[6]

Ashok Choudhary
National General Secretary of the Janata Dal (United)
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 September 2024
Minister of Building Construction Department, Bihar
In office 16 August 2022 – 28 January 2024
Preceded by	Maheshwar Hazari
Member of Bihar Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 2014 (2014)
Minister of Education Department, Bihar
In office 20 November 2015 (2015-11-20) – 26 July 2017 (2017-07-26)
Preceded by	Prashant Kumar Sahi
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office 2000 (2000) – 2005 (2005)
Preceded by	Mahavir Chaudhary
Succeeded by	Ramsundar Ram Kanaujia
Constituency	Barbigha
Personal details
Born	Barbigha, Sheikhpura district, Bihar
Political party	Janata Dal (United)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress

Personal life

Chaudhary is a member of Pasi caste, which is a Dalit community of India. His daughter Shambhavi is married to son of former Indian Police Service officer Kishor Kunal. Kunal comes from Forward Caste Bhumihar family.^[7]

His daughter Sambhavi Choudhary won the 2024 Indian General election from Samastipur loksabha constituency on the ticket of LJP-Ramvilas.

Career

Chaudhary with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, donating money in Chief Minister's relief fund.

In 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, he won from Barbigha (Vidhan Sabha constituency) as an Indian National Congress candidate.^[8] Later in 2013, he was appointed Chief of Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee.^[9] In 2014, he was elected as Member of Bihar Legislative Council.^[10] He held the position as Minister of Department of Education and Department of Information Technology in Government of Bihar from 2015 to 2017 and 2020 to present.^[11][12]

In 2018, he left Indian National Congress and joined Janta Dal United.^[13][14] He was appointed Minister of Building Construction Department, Government of Bihar on 2 June 2019.^[15][16]

Literary works

• Choudhary, Ashok; Choudhary, Shambhavi (22 August 2024). Bihar Ke Gandhi Nitish Kumar: Ashok Choudhary [Author]; Shambhavi Choudhary's Bestseller & Famous Book. Prabhat Prakashan. ISBN 978-93-5562-216-7.