Chandra Prakash Choudhary

Chandra Prakash Choudhary (born 18 August 1967; ) is an Indian politician and member of Lok Sabha from Giridih constituency. He is a senior vice president of AJSU party and a 3 time MLA from Ramgarh Vidhan Sabha constituency (2005–19). He has also served as a Minister for Water Resources in the Raghubar Das government.

He is a Kurmi leader and hails from Sandi village located in Chitarpur block of Ramgarh district. He has close ties with AJSU President Sudesh Mahto. Both his wife Sunita Choudhary and close associate Lambodar Mahto are Ex MLAs from Jharkhand legislative assembly.

Positions held Chandra Prakash Choudhary has held several important positions throughout his political career. He was elected to the 18th Lok Sabha in June 2024 and has since served as a Member of the Committee on Labour, Textiles, and Skill Development since 26 September 2024. He is also a Member of the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Steel.

From 9 October 2019, he has been a Member of the Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament and a Member of the Standing Committee on Water Resources since 13 September 2019. He was elected to the 17th Lok Sabha in May 2019.

At the state level, Chandra Prakash Choudhary served as the Speaker of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from 2013 to 2014. He held the position of Cabinet Minister in the Government of Jharkhand from 2005 to 2013 and again from 2014 to 2019. He was a Member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly for three terms between 2005 and 2019.