Vijay Kumar Sinha

Vijay Kumar Sinha is an Indian politician and 8th Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar along with Samrat Choudhary under Nitish Kumar as Chief Minister from January 2024. He was earlier the List of leaders of [the opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly|leader of the opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly]. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly from Lakhisarai constituency since 2010.
He was the Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from 25 November 2020 to 24 August 2022, Vijay Sinha resigned from his post following a no-confidence motion moved against him by the then-ruling Mahagathbandhan.

Controversies

In November 2025, during the first phase of the Bihar Legislative Assembly elections, Vijay Kumar Sinha’s convoy faced an angry blockade in Khoriari village of Lakhisarai district. Villagers, angered over years of broken roads and poor drainage, confronted his team as he arrived for inspection.
Videos from the scene, widely circulated online, showed protesters throwing slippers and cow dung at Sinha’s vehicle. In response, Sinha was seen shouting abuse at the crowd and making threats, including remarks that once his government returned to power, he would “run a bulldozer” over those defying him. Another clip showed him rebuking his armed bodyguard, asking, “If you can’t fire, then what’s the point of being a bodyguard?” — a comment criticized for promoting violence. The episode drew heavy public criticism and was cited as an example of political arrogance and intimidation.