The former member of Parliament from Bhagalpur and senior RJD leader Shailesh Kumar alias Bulo Mandal is likely to join the JD(U) in the presence of state and national leadership in Patna on Thursday. According to the grapevine doing rounds in political circles, chief minister Nitish Kumar, who is seen as bringing the MBC/EBC (extremely backward caste) leadership to the forefront across the state, is stated to have inspired Mandal. When contacted over the phone, Mandal did not confirm whether he would be joining JD(U). Mandal won the 2014 parliamentary election from Bhagalpur Lok Sabha constituency. He had defeated BJP stalwart Shahnawaz Hussain in 2014. In the 2019 parliamentary elections, Mandal lost to JD(U) candidate Ajay Kumar Mandal.
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