Ashok Chaudhary

Ashok Choudhary is an Indian politician from Barbigha Sheikhpura in Bihar, India. He has been a Member of the Bihar Legislative Council since 2014. He also served as the Cabinet Minister for the Building Construction Department in the government led by Nitish Kumar. He previously was also Cabinet Minister for the Department of Education.

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

He was appointed to the position of Working President of Janta Dal United, Bihar.

Chaudhary is a member of Pasi caste, which is a Dalit community of India. His daughter Shambhavi is married to son of former Indian Police Service officer Kishor Kunal. Kunal comes from Forward Caste Bhumihar family.

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. He held the position as Minister of Department of Education and Department of Information Technology in Government of Bihar from 2015 to 2017 and 2020 to present.

In 2018, he left Indian National Congress and joined Janta Dal United. He was appointed Minister of Building Construction Department, Government of Bihar on 2 June 2019.