00:01He is the new Chief Minister of Bihar, but the opposition alleges multiple controversies.
00:06Here's a closer look one by one.
00:13The 1995 Tarahpur murder case.
00:15This is perhaps the most serious accusation that was leveled by the opposition against Chaudhary.
00:20In 1995, a granite attack during the Bihar assembly elections
00:24killed Congress candidates Sajidhan Singh and others.
00:27A case was filed against 27 people, including then MLA Shakuni Chaudhary and his son Rakesh Kumar, a.k.a.
00:33Samrath Chaudhary, according to the Indian Express.
00:44During the Bihar elections in 2025, Prashant Kishore accused Samrath of misrepresenting his age in court to claim he was
00:50a minor at the time.
00:52But Chaudhary denied the allegations.
00:58The age controversy.
00:59After Samrath became Bihar's Deputy Chief Minister in 2024, details about his age came under scrutiny.
01:05With the opposition alleging that Chaudhary had misrepresented it in his election affidavits.
01:21The degree controversy.
01:23According to Chaudhary's election affidavit, he holds a doctor of letters degree from California Public University, an American institute that
01:30offers distance learning programs as per its website.
01:32He also lists a PFC from Kamaraj University.
01:36But this saw several allegations being leveled by the opposition.
01:39In 2005, the affidavit failed.
01:42Then he did a PhD without a PhD.
01:52In an interview, responding to the allegations, Samrath said he would not offer any clarification on these allegations.
01:59And that those raising questions should verify his qualifications with the university instead.
02:08Samrath Chaudhary's career has seen shifts in political alignments.
02:11From starting out in the RGD and becoming a minister in Rabdi Devi's government in 1999, to switching to GDU
02:16and serving again in government.
02:18And later moving to the BJP, where he became the state's Deputy CM in 2024.
02:22And on April 15, 2026, his moment finally arrived as he took oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar.
02:29I will take this oath.
02:32No.
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