Veteran socialist leader and former Janata Dal (United) president Sharad Yadav was cremated with full state honours on Saturday at his ancestral village in Madhya Pradesh's Narmadapuram district.
IMAGE: Family members and relatives of former union minister Sharad Yadav mourn near his mortal remains at Chhatarpur in New Delhi. Photograph: Shahbaz Khan/PTI Photo
The mortal remains of the former Union minister were consigned to flames by his son Shantanu Bundela and daughter Subhasini in his ancestral village Ankhmau at around 5 pm.
Yadav died on Thursday at a private hospital in Gurugram at the age of 75.
Earlier in the day, Yadav's body reached Bhopal from Delhi in a chartered plane and was received by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, and others.
The mortal remains were taken to Ankhmau by road.