Uday Narayan Choudhary is an Indian politician. He served as the Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from 2005 to 2015. He was a prominent Dalit face in the

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and represented the Imamganj Vidhan Sabha Constituency from 1990 to 1995 and then from 2000 to 2015, losing the 2015 election to former Chief Minister

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. He crossed over to the RJD in 2019 to protest the breakup of the Mahagathbandhan and

joining hands with the BJP. He was also fielded by the Janata Dal (United) as its candidate in the Jamui Lok Sabha constituency in the

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.''Hindustan Times''.
Reds threaten voters in Chirag’s Jamui
' Chaudhary was considered a staunch Nitish Kumar loyalist as he scuttled rebellion in the

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

. However, as of 2017, he opposed

's decision to re-join the

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and has been a vocal critic of the same on different forums.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Choudhary, Udaynarayan Living people Janata Dal (United) politicians Candidates in the 2014 Indian general election Speakers of the Bihar Legislative Assembly 1952 births Bihar MLAs 2010–2015 Samata Party politicians Rashtriya Janata Dal politicians