Uday Narayan Choudhary


Uday Narayan Choudhary is an Indian politician and former sepaker of Bihar Legislative Assembly.

Early life

He belongs to Kidwaipuri, Patna district, Bihar. He completed his matric from Bihar Vidhayalaya Pariksha Samiti, intermediate and B.A from Patna University.

Political Career

He was a prominent Dalit leader from the JD and represented the Imamganj Vidhan Sabha Constituency from 1990–95 and then from 2000–2015, losing the 2015 elections to former Chief Minister, Jitan Ram Manjhi.
He was also fielded by the Janata Dal as its candidate in the Jamui Lok Sabha constituency in the 2014 Indian general election.
Chaudhary was considered a staunch, Nitish Kumar loyalist as he scuttled rebellion in the JD in August 2014 by disqualifying 8 rebel MLAs. He received widespread criticism for his February 2014 decision to notify a rebel group of 13 RJD MLAs as a separate entity without physically verifying the signatures to facilitate their merger into the JD.
He served as the Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from 2005-2015, becoming first Dalit in Bihar to hold the post. In 2016, he was made vice-president of JD.
However, as of 2017, he opposed JD's decision to re-join the NDA and left the party. He crossed over to the RJD in 2019 to protest the breakup of the Mahagathbandhan and JD joining hands with the BJP.