Former Union Minister Sharad Yadav dies at 75

India

oi-Madhuri Adnal

New
Delhi,
Jan
12:
Former
Union
minister
and
RJD
leader
Sharad
Yadav
died
on
Thursday.
He
was
75.

His
daughter,
Subhashini
Sharad
Yadav,
confirmed
the
news
on
Twitter
saying,
“Papa
nahi
rahe
(Papa
is
no
more).”

पापा
नहीं
रहे
😭

—
Subhashini
Sharad
Yadav
(@Subhashini_12b)

January
12,
2023

He
was
admitted
at
a
private
hospital
in
Gurugram.

Yadav
was
elected
to
Lok
Sabha
seven
times
and
to
Rajya
Sabha
thrice
from
JD(U).
He
was
the
first
national
president
of
Janata
Dal
(United)
since
its
formation
in
2003
till
year
2016.
He
was
disqualified
from
Rajya
Sabha
and
removed
from
party
leadership
positions
for
engaging
in
anti-party
activities.

Born
on
1
July
1947,
in
Babai
village
in
Hoshangabad
district
of
Madhya
Pradesh,
Yadav
obtained
his
Bachelor
of
Science
degree
from
Robertson
College
Jabalpur
which
branched
into
Government
Science
College,
Jabalpur
and
Bachelor
of
Engineering
in
Electrical
Engineering
from
Jabalpur
Engineering
College.
He
was
an
agriculturist,
educationist
and
engineer
by
profession.

Most
of
his
political
career
is
from
Bihar
state.
He
married
Rekha
Yadav
on
15
February
1989,
with
whom
he
has
a
son
and
a
daughter.

His
daughter
Subhashini
Raja
Rao
joined
Indian
National
Congress
just
before
2020
Bihar
Legislative
Assembly
election
and
announced
her
plans
to
contest
from
Bihariganj
seat.
She
contested
the
seat
as
a
candidate
of
RJD
and
lost.

Sharad
Yadav’s
son
Shantanu
Bundela
is
a
post
graduate
from
University
of
London.