Uday Narayan Choudhary is an Indian politician. He served as the Speaker of the

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from 2005 to 2015. He was a prominent

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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

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in 2019 to protest the breakup of the Mahagathbandhan and

joining hands with the BJP. He was also fielded by the

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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

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

References

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