Former JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav dies at 75
1 min read . Updated: 12 Jan 2023, 11:35 PM IST
PremiumFormer Union Minister Sharad Yadav passed away at 75.
Former Union Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Sharad Yadav has passed away at the age of 75 years old on Thursday night. He was suffering from health-related ailments.
The information of Yadav's demise has been confirmed by his daughter through a Facebook post.
Yadav, who was one of the top socialist leaders of the Hindi belt, had started his political career during the anti-emergency movement of the mid 1970s.
In 1974, he was first elected to the Lok Sabha at the age of 27. He registered a victory in by-poll from Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur seat. He was then elected from Uttar Pradesh's Badaun parliamentary seat in 1989. Further, Yadav was elected from Bihar's Madhepura Lok Sabha constituency in 1991, 1996, 1999, and 2009.
The RJD leader had also served as the Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Consumer Affairs, food and public distribution in the NDA government which was led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee between 1999 and 2004.
He along with incumbent Bihar CM Nitish Kumar was the co-founder of the Janata Dal-United in 2003.
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