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Ashok Choudhary

politician from Bihar, India

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ89802009
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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. He also served as the Cabinet Minister for the Building Construction Department in the government. He also served as cabinet minister in the Department of Education. He was appointed Working President of Janta Dal United, Bihar.

Personal life

His daughter Sambhavi Choudhary won the 2024 Indian General election from Samastipur loksabha constituency on the ticket of LJP-Ramvilas. 6200433683

Career

In 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, he won from Barbigha (Vidhan Sabha constituency) as an Indian National Congress candidate. Later in 2013, he was appointed Chief of Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee. In 2014, he was elected as Member of Bihar Legislative Council.

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Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2014, 2024, 2000, 2013—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Ashok, Choudhary and politician providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from Ashok Choudhary” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.