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Sharad Yadav, a former Union Minister and leader of the socialist party, died on Thursday evening. He had been rushed to a hospital in Gurugram because he was feeling restless. He had been sick for a while, but he had been at home for a few months. His daughter, Congress leader Subhashini Sharad Yadav, wrote on Twitter, “Papa Nahin Rahe,” to confirm that he had died.
Senior political leaders sent their condolences. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that Yadav’s long career in politics and his socialist beliefs were influenced by the late socialist leader Ram Manohar Lohia. Mallikarjuna Kharge, the head of the Congress, said that Yadav’s dedication to politics based on social justice would always be remembered.
In a message of condolence on Twitter, former Prime Minister H.D. Devegowda said, “I am very sad to hear about the death of my longtime friend and fellow Janata Parivar member Shri #SharadYadav. A few months ago, I met him to ask about his health. His soul should be at peace. Om Shanti.”
Former Union Minister Sharad Yadav Passed Away On Thursday. His Daughter Informed About His Death. His Daughter Subhashini Sharad Yadav Confirmed This Through A Facebook Post. He Breathed His Last At The Age Of 75……….🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺 pic.twitter.com/js0l3pB1ky
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Yadav, who is 74 years old, was born in Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh, in July 1947. During his long time in politics, he joined the anti-Emergency movement led by Jayprakash Narayan and stayed true to his socialist roots. In 1974, he won a by-election in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. This is seen as a turning point in the fight against the Emergency, and the fact that he was so young (he was a student leader) was a sign of things to come. As the candidate of the Opposition, he beat the candidate of the Congress.
He ran for the Lok Sabha and won in Madhya Pradesh (Jabalpur), Bihar (Madhepura), and Uttar Pradesh (Badaun).
Even though he changed parties—from the Lok Dal during the Emergency to the Janata Dal with the late Prime Minister V.P. Singh in 1988, the Janata Dal (United) in the late 1990s when he split with another former PM, H.D. Deve Gowda, and the 2003 version with the late George Fernandes and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar—he stayed true to socialism and its values.
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Even though he had problems with giving Lok Sabha seats to women, he insisted that he was for giving quotas to people from backward classes as part of the larger reservation for women. He also thought the Mandal Commission was a good idea.
He worked for a long time in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. In the Lok Sabha, he was re-elected in 1977, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1999, and 2009, and in the Rajya Sabha, he was re-elected in 1986 and 2004.
He first joined the Union Council of Ministers in 1989–90, when V.P. Singh was Prime Minister of a short-lived National Front government as Minister for Textiles and Food Processing. After the Janata Dal broke up, he started the JD(U) in the late 1990s. He joined the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which was led by the BJP, and was also the NDA’s convener for a while. Yadav was Minister for Civil Aviation, Labor, Consumer Affairs, and Food and Public Distribution between 1999 and 2004, when Atal Behari Vajpayee was Prime Minister.
In 2014, he lost his seat in the Lok Sabha, and two years later, he was replaced as the leader of the JD (U). The move led to a power struggle within the party, and in 2018, Yadav and his supporters formed the Loktantrik Janata Dal. All of this was taken care of a few years later when he merged his new party with the Rashtriya Janata Dal, which was led by Lalu Prasad Yadav.
