Patna: Former Jehanabad MP Arun Kumar, who had for some time been a bitter critic of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, on Saturday returned to the JD(U).

The 66-year-old leader was inducted into the party, along with several supporters, in the presence of JD(U) working president Sanjay Kumar Jha, Union minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh 'Lalan' and state unit chief Umesh Kushwaha.

Speaking on the occasion, Lalan, a former national president of JD(U), said, "We just saw Arun Kumar and Chandeshwar Chandravanshi share a warm hug. They will bring a storm (tufaan) in the entire Magadh region."

Notably, Chandravanshi had wrested the Jehanabad seat from Arun Kumar in 2019 by a slender margin of about 2,000 votes. The central Bihar seat, which is at present with the RJD, was won by Arun Kumar for the

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