Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president Samrat Choudhary took a holy dip in the river Saryu in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya on Wednesday. While taking a dip in the river, he also devoted his turban. Choudhary landed in Ayodhya today. This comes a day after the Bihar BJP chief recalled his old vow and said that it was time for him to remove his tuarban and keep it at the feet of Lord Ram.
After Bihar CM Nitish Kumar jumped ship to the Mahagathbandhan in 2022, ditching the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Choudhary began sporting a turban and vowed that he would take it off after "dethroning" Kumar from the CM's chair.
Speaking to news agency ANI, the BJP leader said, "True, I had pledged to wear the turban until I made Nitish Kumar resign as the Chief Minister. But now that he has switched back to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) after resigning as the Chief Minister of the INDI-Alliance, it is time for me to dedicate this turban to the feet of Lord Ram. The day Nitish Kumarji resigned as the Chief Minister of the INDI-Alliance and joined back the NDA, I announced that I would dedicate my turban to Lord Ram".
The Bihar CM returned to the ruling NDA bloc in January earlier this year, after having developed "differences" with the Mahagathbandhan alliance. This was his fifth crossover in the past ten years, preceding his ninth time as the Chief Minister.
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This led to the collapse of the Mahagathbandhan government, after which the NDA government was formed in the state. BJP leaders Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Sinha were sworn in as the Deputy Chief Ministers.