Tarapur MLA Samrat Choudhary was on Wednesday named the leader of BJP legislature party in Bihar during a meeting of newly elected legislators, UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya said.

The newly elected MLAs also chose Vijay Kumar Sinha as deputy leader of the BJP's legislature party, he said.

Maurya, who was present in the meeting, said, "Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha were elected the leader and deputy leader of the BJP's legislature party, respectively."

Maurya was appointed the central observer for the election of the legislature party leader in Bihar.

Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal and former union minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti were also made co-observers for the election of the legislature party leader of the BJP. Both were also present at the meeting.

Altogether,

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