Arun Kumar

Arun Kumar
Member of the India Parliament for Jahanabad
Incumbent
Assumed office 1999
Preceded by	Jagdish Sharma
Personal details
Born	(1959-10-02) 2 October 1959 Maniyawan, Jehanabad, (Bihar)
Political party	Rashtriya Lok Samata Party
Spouse(s)	Nirmala Kumari
Children	1 son & 1 Daughter
Residence	Patna, Bihar
Alma mater	Magadh University (PHD)
Religion	Hindu

Arun Kumar is an Indian politician who is a Member of the Lok Sabha, representing the Jahanabad constituency in the Lok Sabha, which is the lower house of the Parliament of India. He won his seat in the Indian general election, 2014 as a Rashtriya Lok Samta Party candidate. He is close to the present Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi.

Kumar has been a member of various parties and as of 2014 is Bihar State President of the Rashtriya Lok Samta Party. His father is Brijnandan Sharma, who represents Bihar Shikshak Sangh and he comes from the village of Maniyawan, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from Jehanabad.

Along with Anand Mohan Singh and Akhlaq Ahmed, Kumar had been sentenced to death in 2007 for his alleged part in the lynching of a Dalit district magistrate. The ruling in his case and that of Ahmed was overturned on appeal when it was determined that he had been present but not involved in the murder; Singh's sentence was reduced to life imprisonment.

Kumar and a younger brother own Gyan Bharti, a chain of residential schools in Bihar. One of his four brothers is also an MLA, representing the Janata Dal (United) party.