Nitish Kumar, Tejashwi Yadav Fall In Step After Patch-Up

Back in 2017, Mr Kumar had walked out of the Mahagathbandhan, citing corruption charges against Tejashwi Yadav.

Nitish Kumar walking down a road, his hands folded, shortly after meeting the Governor and resigning his post. He is flanked by Tejaswi Yadav -- the deputy over whom he ended the alliance with the Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Congress in July 2017 -- and his brother Tej Pratap Yadav. Five years on, the wheel has come full circle and the image will be an abiding one of the day Mr Kumar ended his alliance with the BJP and tilted the other way again.

Back in 2017, Mr Kumar had walked out of the Mahagathbandhan, citing corruption charges against Tejashwi Yadav.

The 71-year-old who had cultivated the image of Mr Clean, had said "It wouldn't be right if I didn't take a stand, I don't do politics of this kind".

"I felt suffocated, my conscience pricked me... there was no other way," he had said. Though he did not name the Yadavs, few failed to get his drift.