Sharad Yadav

Yadav was born on 1 July 1947 to Nand Kishore Yadav and Sumitra Yadav in Babai village in Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh. He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree from Robertson College Jabalpur which branched into Government Science College, Jabalpur.{{cite news |title=Long-time aides recall Sharad Yadav's Jabalpur roots |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/long-time-aides-recall-sharad-yadavs-jabalpur-roots/articleshow/96980259.cms |work=The Times of India |date=14 January 2023}} He also earned a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering from Jabalpur Engineering College, where he was a gold medalist.{{cite news |last1=Kumar |first1=Pradeep |title=शरद यादव: सामाजिक न्याय के बड़े योद्धा जिन्हें जीवन भर झेलनी पड़ी राजनीति की धूप छांव |url=https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-64258473 |access-date=14 January 2023 |work=BBC News Hindi |date=13 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113230123/https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-64258473 |archive-date=13 January 2023 |language=Hindi |url-status=live}}

Yadav's involvement with politics started from 1970 onwards when he became the president of Jabalpur University Student Association.{{cite news |last1=Shah |first1=Dheeraj |title=जबलपुर में छात्र राजनीति, फिर देश में जमाई धाक, ऐसा है शरद यादव का राजनीतिक सफर |url=https://www.aajtak.in/india/politics/story/sharad-yadav-political-career-started-student-politics-jabalpur-became-popular-country-such-journey-ntc-1614672-2023-01-13 |access-date=14 January 2023 |work=Aaj tak |date=13 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113035533/https://www.aajtak.in/india/politics/story/sharad-yadav-political-career-started-student-politics-jabalpur-became-popular-country-such-journey-ntc-1614672-2023-01-13 |archive-date=13 January 2023 |language=Hindi |location=Jabalpur |url-status=live}} He was active in the Bihar Student Movement and was greatly influenced by the socialist ideas of Jayaprakash Narayan and Ram Manohar Lohia. He was jailed by the Jabalpur police in 1972 and 1975 due to his involvement with the student movement.

Yadav was elected to the Parliament of India, the Lok Sabha, seven times across constituencies in three different states – four times from Madhepura{{cite news |last1=Tewary |first1=Amarnath |title=Bihar govt. announces one-day State mourning over death of Sharad Yadav |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/bihar-govt-announces-one-day-state-mourning-over-death-of-sharad-yadav/article66373869.ece |access-date=14 January 2023 |work=The Hindu |date=13 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113133729/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/bihar-govt-announces-one-day-state-mourning-over-death-of-sharad-yadav/article66373869.ece |archive-date=13 January 2023 |location=Patna |url-status=live}} in Bihar, twice from Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh and once from Badaun in Uttar Pradesh, which is a rare feat.{{cite news |title=Ex-Union minister Sharad Yadav cremated in MP village |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/ex-union-minister-sharad-yadav-cremated-in-mp-village-470396 |access-date=14 January 2023 |work=The Tribune |date=14 January 2023 |location=Bhopal}}

Yadav was elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time at the age of 27 from Jabalpur in 1974 in a by-poll after the death of incumbent Seth Govind Das.{{cite web |last=Yadav |first=Shyamlal |date=13 January 2023 |title=With Sharad Yadav's demise, end of the Yadav troika era |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/sharad-yadav-demise-yadav-troika-era-end-8380565/ |access-date=3 April 2023 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}} At a time when the JP Movement was at its peak, he won the by-poll for Bharatiya Lok Dal while still in jail. In the 1977 general election, he was re-elected from the same constituency under the newly formed Janata Party. He became the President of Yuva Lok Dal in 1978.{{Cite news |date=12 January 2023 |title=शरद यादव: जेपी मूवमेंट से निकलने वाला छात्र नेता जो हिन्दी हार्टलैंड में समाजवादी आंदोलन का प्रतीक बन गया |language=Hindi |work=Aaj tak |location=New Delhi |url=https://www.aajtak.in/india/politics/story/sharad-yadav-senior-socialist-leader-and-former-jdu-neta-died-profile-ntc-1614598-2023-01-12 |url-status=live |access-date=13 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112230932/https://www.aajtak.in/india/politics/story/sharad-yadav-senior-socialist-leader-and-former-jdu-neta-died-profile-ntc-1614598-2023-01-12 |archive-date=12 January 2023}} When the Janata Party split in 1979, he sided with Charan Singh's faction.{{cite news |last1=Kumar |first1=Rajeev |title=Sharad Yadav: राजीव गांधी के खिलाफ चुनाव से लेकर दिल्ली वाले बंगले तक, शरद यादव की राजनीति के वो किस्से जो हमेशा रहेंगे जिंदा |url=https://www.abplive.com/news/india/sharad-yadav-socialist-leader-political-career-many-twists-and-turns-contest-election-against-rajiv-gandhi-2307090 |access-date=14 January 2023 |work=ABP Live |date=13 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113101418/https://www.abplive.com/news/india/sharad-yadav-socialist-leader-political-career-many-twists-and-turns-contest-election-against-rajiv-gandhi-2307090 |archive-date=13 January 2023 |language=Hindi |url-status=live}}

When Rajiv Gandhi first entered the Lok Sabha by winning a by-poll from Amethi in 1981, Sharad Yadav was the losing candidate for Lok Dal.{{cite web |title=1980 India General (7th Lok Sabha) Elections Results |url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1980-election-results.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422084644/https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1980-election-results.html |archive-date=22 April 2021 |access-date=3 February 2021 |website=elections.in}} He contested the 1984 general election as a Lok Dal candidate from Badaun, which he lost against Saleem Iqbal Shervani of Congress.{{cite web |title=General (8th Lok Sabha) Election Results India |url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1984-election-results.html |website=elections.in |access-date=14 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006180333/https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1984-election-results.html |archive-date=6 October 2022 |url-status=live}} He was elected as a Member of Parliament from Rajya Sabha for the first time in 1986.{{cite news |title=एमपी और यूपी से लेकर बिहार तक शरद यादव का सफर |url=https://www.aajtak.in/elections/story/introduction-and-political-career-profile-of-sharad-yadav-312615-2015-09-14 |access-date=2 February 2023 |work=Aaj tak |date=14 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202065205/https://www.aajtak.in/elections/story/introduction-and-political-career-profile-of-sharad-yadav-312615-2015-09-14 |archive-date=2 February 2023 |location=Patna |language=Hindi |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last1=Siddiqui |first1=M |title=Sharad Yadav And Ors. vs Union Of India (Uoi) And Anr. |url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/307378/ |website=Indian Kanoon |access-date=2 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015063949/http://indiankanoon.org/doc/307378/ |archive-date=15 October 2014 |date=6 September 1999 |url-status=live}}

Yadav won the Badaun seat in the 1989 general election under the Janata Dal party, with INC's Ram Naresh Yadav being the runner-up.{{cite web |title=General (9th Lok Sabha) Election Results India |url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1989-election-results.html |website=elections.in |access-date=14 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202061628/https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1989-election-results.html |archive-date=2 December 2022 |url-status=live}} In an election dominated by the Bofors scandal, INC failed to form the government despite being the single largest party.{{cite web |last1=PR |first1=Ramesh |title=The Many Faces of Sharad Yadav |url=https://openthemagazine.com/features/politics-features/the-many-faces-of-sharad-yadav/ |website=Open The Magazine |access-date=15 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806005741/https://openthemagazine.com/features/politics-features/the-many-faces-of-sharad-yadav/ |archive-date=6 August 2020 |date=17 August 2017 |url-status=live}} Yadav emerged as one of the major players of the left-wing opposition coalition supporting V. P. Singh as the prime ministerial candidate, with external support from BJP. He obtained his first Central government cabinet position as Minister of Textiles in the V. P. Singh ministry{{cite book |title=Lok Sabha Debates (English Version) First Session (Ninth Lok Sabha) |date=27 December 1989 |location=New Delhi |page=6 |url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/308/1/lsd_09_01_27-12-1989.pdf |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat |website=Parliament Digital Library |access-date=15 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115113430/https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/308/1/lsd_09_01_27-12-1989.pdf |archive-date=15 January 2023 |language=English |series=9 |volume=1 |number=7 |url-status=live}} He was one of the most powerful members of the cabinet and exerted pressure on V. P. Singh to implement the Mandal Commission report on reservations for OBCs in 1990, which led to widespread protests and brought Caste politics to the forefront.

He won Madhepura seat for Janata Dal in the 1991 general election, with the Jharkhand Party's Anand Mohan finishing in second place.{{cite web |title=Madhepura Parliamentary Constituency Election and Results Update |url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/parliamentary-constituencies/madhepura.html |website=elections.in |access-date=15 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309022357/https://www.elections.in/bihar/parliamentary-constituencies/madhepura.html |archive-date=9 March 2022 |date=15 August 2021 |url-status=live}} He retained the seat in 1996 general election defeating the Samata Party's Anand Mandal. In the 1998 general election following the downfall of the I. K. Gujral government, he lost the Madhepura seat to Lalu Prasad Yadav, who had split from Janata Dal to form Rashtriya Janata Dal.{{cite news |last1=Akhtar |first1=Javed |title=राष्ट्रीय जनता दल का इतिहास: मुश्किल वक्त में लालू ने बनाई थी RJD, आज भी संकट में सुप्रीमो |url=https://www.aajtak.in/elections/bihar-assembly-elections/story/history-of-rjd-rashtriya-janata-dal-founded-by-lalu-prasad-yadav-in-1997-bihar-election-2020-news-1128407-2020-09-12 |access-date=15 January 2023 |work=Aaj tak |date=12 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122011004/https://www.aajtak.in/elections/bihar-assembly-elections/story/history-of-rjd-rashtriya-janata-dal-founded-by-lalu-prasad-yadav-in-1997-bihar-election-2020-news-1128407-2020-09-12 |archive-date=22 January 2021 |location=New Delhi |language=Hindi |url-status=live}}

He contested the 1999 general election from Madhepura against Lalu Prasad again and won this time. Lalu's popularity had declined due to his implication with the Fodder Scam and the contest was eagerly watched for what its outcome would say of the electoral preferences of Yadav community. The election was won by the BJP led National Democratic Alliance. The Janata Dal faction led by J H Patel lent support for BJP, a move which was opposed by H. D. Deve Gowda, who wanted Janata Dal to be equidistant from both BJP and Congress.{{Cite magazine |title=Janata Parivar's home base |date=10 April 2004 |magazine=Frontline |url=http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2108/stories/20040423006701900.htm |last=Menon |first=Paravathi |access-date=15 January 2023 |issue=8 |publication-place=Bangalore |volume=21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080103051657/http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2108/stories/20040423006701900.htm |archive-date=3 January 2008 |url-status=dead}} Deve Gowda split from Janata Dal to form Janata Dal (Secular); the remainder of the party led by Sharad Yadav would come to be called as Janata Dal (United).{{cite web |title=Samata Party breaks away from JD (U) |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2000/jan/06jdu.htm |website=Reddif |access-date=15 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406124329/https://www.rediff.com/news/2000/jan/06jdu.htm |archive-date=6 April 2020 |date=6 January 2000 |url-status=live}} Yadav's faction merged with Lok Shakti and Samata Party to officially become Janata Dal (United) in 2003. Yadav became the first president of JDU and remained in the position till 2016.

In the Vajpayee led government, Yadav got a cabinet seat as Minister of Civil Aviation,{{cite news |title=Mr Sharad Yadav, Minister Of Civil Aviation |url=https://www.indiainfoline.com/article/news-sector-others/mr-sharad-yadav-minister-of-civil-aviation-113111400085_1.html |access-date=15 January 2023 |work=India Infoline News Service |date=19 January 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115143029/https://www.indiainfoline.com/article/news-sector-others/mr-sharad-yadav-minister-of-civil-aviation-113111400085_1.html |archive-date=15 January 2023 |url-status=live}} a position which be held from 13 October 1999 – 1 September 2001. His performance as Aviation minister was criticised for failure to improve the aviation sector of India{{cite news |title=Civil Aviation Minister Sharad Yadav wants to keep intact his record of not flying abroad |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19991220-civil-aviation-minister-sharad-yadav-wants-to-keep-intact-his-record-of-not-flying-abroad-781310-1999-12-19 |access-date=15 January 2023 |work=India Today |date=20 December 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115143628/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19991220-civil-aviation-minister-sharad-yadav-wants-to-keep-intact-his-record-of-not-flying-abroad-781310-1999-12-19 |archive-date=15 January 2023 |location=Delhi |url-status=live}} and was once quoted saying "In this country where crores of people have no other mode of transport but walking, concern for aviation is very elitist."{{cite news |title=Sharad Yadav: Out of his depth in the ministry |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20010827-sharad-yadav-out-of-his-depth-in-the-ministry-760656-2012-06-15 |access-date=15 January 2023 |work=India Today |date=15 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115144308/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20010827-sharad-yadav-out-of-his-depth-in-the-ministry-760656-2012-06-15 |archive-date=15 January 2023 |url-status=live}} His portfolio was changed from Aviation to the Ministry of Labour and Employment in the September 2001 cabinet reshuffle.{{cite web |last1=Venkatesan |first1=V |title=A reshuffle and ruffled feathers |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/article30251825.ece |website=Frontline |access-date=15 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227125740/https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/article30251825.ece |archive-date=27 February 2021 |location=New Delhi |date=15 September 2001 |url-status=live}} In the July 2002 cabinet reshuffle, he was shifted to the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.{{cite web |title=Shri Sharad Yadav assumes charge |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/releases98/lyr2002/rjul2002/03072002/r03072002.html |website=Press Information Bureau |access-date=15 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115171540/https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/releases98/lyr2002/rjul2002/03072002/r030720028.html |archive-date=15 January 2023 |date=3 July 2002 |url-status=live}}

In the 2004 general election, he contested the Madhepura seat in Bihar against Lalu Prasad. Lalu contested this election from two seats, Madhepura and Chhapra, and won both.{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=6 October 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101010203826/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf|archive-date=10 October 2010}} Lalu Prasad later gave up the Madhepura seat{{cite news|title=Laloo gives up Madhepura seat|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/06/10/stories/2004061006850104.htm|access-date=7 October 2013|date=10 June 2004|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050405020457/http://www.hindu.com/2004/06/10/stories/2004061006850104.htm|newspaper=The Hindu|archive-date=5 April 2005}} and the ensuing bypoll to fill the vacancy was won by RJD's Pappu Yadav.{{cite news |title=Pappu wins Madhepura LS seat |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pappu-wins-madhepura-ls-seat/articleshow/888253.cms |access-date=15 January 2023 |work=The Times of India |date=17 October 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115104846/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pappu-wins-madhepura-ls-seat/articleshow/888253.cms |archive-date=15 January 2023 |location=Madhepura |url-status=live}} In the 2009 general election, Sharad Yadav won the Madhepura seat by a comfortable margin of 175,000 votes against RJD's Ravindra Charan Yadav. He failed to retain the seat in the 2014 general election and lost to RJD's Pappu Yadav.{{cite news |title=Sharad Yadav humbled in Madhepura by Pappu Yadav |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/sharad-yadav-humbled-in-madhepura-by-pappu-yadav/articleshow/35219202.cms |work=The Economic Times |date=26 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114192344/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/sharad-yadav-humbled-in-madhepura-by-pappu-yadav/articleshow/35219202.cms |archive-date=14 January 2023 |url-status=live}} Having been removed from JDU in 2017 due to anti-party activities, he contested in the 2019 general election from Madhepura with RJD ticket. He lost to JDU's Dinesh Yadav.{{cite news |title=Madhepura Lok Sabha Election Result 2019 |url=https://www.business-standard.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019/bihar/madhepura-election-results-18_1548.html |work=Business Standard |access-date=15 January 2023 |year=2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114192345/https://www.business-standard.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019/bihar/madhepura-election-results-18_1548.html |archive-date=14 January 2023 |url-status=live}}

Sharad Yadav won the Madhepura Lok Sabha seat a total of four times; in 1991, 1996,{{cite book |last1=Rajamani |first1=R.C. |title=Portraits of India's Parliamentarians for the New Millennium: Lok Sabha |date=2000 |publisher=Gyan Publishing House |isbn=9788121206921|page=137}} 1999 and 2009. However he was also defeated just as many times from there - twice by Lalu Prasad Yadav in 1998 and 2004, by Pappu Yadav in 2014, and by Dinesh Yadav in 2019.

In 2017, he gave a speech comparing votes to daughter's honour and suggesting to prefer the former.{{Cite news |date=25 January 2017 |title=NCW issues notice to Sharad Yadav over remark comparing daughters' honour to votes |work=The Indian Express |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ncw-to-issue-notice-sharad-yadav-over-controversial-remark-comparing-daughters-honour-with-votes-4490702/ |url-status=live |access-date=26 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113230616/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ncw-to-issue-notice-sharad-yadav-over-controversial-remark-comparing-daughters-honour-with-votes-4490702/ |archive-date=13 January 2023}} He was one of the accused in the hawala scandal; however, the charges were dismissed by the Supreme Court of India.{{Cite journal |last=Sudha Mahalingam |date=21 March – 3 April 1998 |title=Jain Hawala Case: Diaries as evidence |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1506/15060270.htm |url-status=dead |journal=Frontline Magazine |volume=15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310210202/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1506/15060270.htm |archive-date=10 March 2007 |access-date=2 November 2006 |number=6}}

Yadav founded the Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) in May 2018,{{Cite news |title=Ex-Janata Dal Member Sharad Yadav Launches 'Loktantrik Janata Dal" Party |work=NDTV.com |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ex-janata-dal-member-sharad-yadav-launches-loktantrik-janata-dal-party-1878659 |url-status=live |access-date=3 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113230618/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ex-janata-dal-member-sharad-yadav-launches-loktantrik-janata-dal-party-1878659 |archive-date=13 January 2023}}{{Cite news |date=19 May 2018 |title=Sharad Yadav launches Loktantrik Janata Dal |language=en-US |work=The Indian Express |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/sharad-yadav-launches-loktantrik-janata-dal-5182548/ |url-status=live |access-date=3 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803194006/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/sharad-yadav-launches-loktantrik-janata-dal-5182548/ |archive-date=3 August 2018}}{{Cite news |date=5 July 2018 |title=Sharad Yadav formed new party: Nitish Kumar faction tells HC |language=en |work=Hindustan Times |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sharad-yadav-formed-new-party-nitish-kumar-faction-tells-hc/story-fp1qqdzeNy8tHIYk9Z9TrM.html |url-status=live |access-date=3 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803194136/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sharad-yadav-formed-new-party-nitish-kumar-faction-tells-hc/story-fp1qqdzeNy8tHIYk9Z9TrM.html |archive-date=3 August 2018}} after disassociating himself from the Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) in the wake of its alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar.{{Cite news |title=Sharad Yadav's Rajya Sabha Membership Cancelled After JD(U) Petition |work=NDTV.com |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/sharad-yadavs-rajya-sabha-membership-cancelled-after-jd-u-petition-1783549 |url-status=live |access-date=3 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803194018/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/sharad-yadavs-rajya-sabha-membership-cancelled-after-jd-u-petition-1783549 |archive-date=3 August 2018}}{{Cite news |title=LJD to be part of anti-BJP 'grand alliance' for Lok Sabha polls: Sharad Yadav |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/news/ljd-to-be-part-of-anti-bjp-grand-alliance-for-lok-sabha-polls-sharad-yadav/articleshow/65304155.cms |url-status=live |access-date=7 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914172856/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/news/ljd-to-be-part-of-anti-bjp-grand-alliance-for-lok-sabha-polls-sharad-yadav/articleshow/65304155.cms |archive-date=14 September 2018}}{{Cite news |date=2 August 2018 |title=Eyeing votes in Rajasthan, Sharad Yadav to hold rally in Jaipur |language=en-US |work=dna |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/jaipur/report-eyeing-votes-in-rajasthan-sharad-yadav-to-hold-rally-in-jaipur-2644624 |url-status=live |access-date=7 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113230616/https://www.dnaindia.com/jaipur/report-eyeing-votes-in-rajasthan-sharad-yadav-to-hold-rally-in-jaipur-2644624 |archive-date=13 January 2023}}

A merger with Bahujan Mukti Party (founded on 6 December 2012) was proposed but was called off.{{cite web |title=BMP launched |url=https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/bmp-launched/ |website=Daily Excelsior |access-date=14 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026162036/https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/bmp-launched/ |archive-date=26 October 2019 |date=20 April 2013 |url-status=live}}

He married Rekha on 15 February 1989, with whom he has a son and a daughter.{{cite web |title=Members : Lok Sabha |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=532&lastls=15 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827073650/http://loksabhaph.nic.in/members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=532&lastls=15 |archive-date=27 August 2022 |access-date=22 August 2020 |website=loksabhaph.nic.in}} 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.{{Cite news |date=15 October 2020 |title=Bihar Assembly Election 2020: LJD chief Sharad Yadav's daughter joins Cong |language=en |work=Hindustan Times |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bihar-election/bihar-assembly-election-2020-ljd-chief-sharad-yadav-s-daughter-joins-cong/story-Zb4q7qO3KAzbSRSNUCuqDN.html |url-status=live |access-date=16 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016230532/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bihar-election/bihar-assembly-election-2020-ljd-chief-sharad-yadav-s-daughter-joins-cong/story-Zb4q7qO3KAzbSRSNUCuqDN.html |archive-date=16 October 2020}} She contested the seat as a candidate of RJD and lost.{{Cite news |date=20 March 2022 |title=Sharad Yadav's LJD Merges With Lalu Prasad's RJD |work=The Wire |url=https://thewire.in/politics/sharad-yadavs-ljd-merges-with-lalu-prasads-rjd |url-status=live |access-date=20 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827074542/https://thewire.in/politics/sharad-yadavs-ljd-merges-with-lalu-prasads-rjd |archive-date=27 August 2022}} Sharad Yadav's son Shantanu Bundela is a post graduate from University of London.{{Cite news |last=Guha Roy |first=Anirban |date=11 August 2017 |title=Sharad Yadav in deal with Lalu to launch son from Bihar's Madhepura in 2019? |language=en |work=Hindustan Times |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sharad-yadav-in-deal-with-lalu-to-launch-son-from-bihar-s-madhepura-in-2019/story-HtvUM9F5NRSDeUXk4wS9uO.html |url-status=live |access-date=17 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516223937/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sharad-yadav-in-deal-with-lalu-to-launch-son-from-bihar-s-madhepura-in-2019/story-HtvUM9F5NRSDeUXk4wS9uO.html |archive-date=16 May 2022}}

Yadav died on 12 January 2023 in Gurgaon, aged 75.{{Cite news |first1=Biplob |last1=Ghosal |title=Former Union minister Sharad Yadav passes away, condolences pour in |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/sharad-yadav-passes-away-confirms-his-daughter-article-96948044 |access-date=12 January 2023 | date=13 January 2023 |website=The Times of India}}{{Cite news |date=12 January 2023 |title=Former Union Minister Sharad Yadav passes away |work=The Free Press Journal |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/amp/india/former-union-minister-sharad-yadav-passes-away |url-status=live |access-date=12 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112175122/https://www.freepressjournal.in/amp/india/former-union-minister-sharad-yadav-passes-away |archive-date=12 January 2023}}{{Cite news |date=12 January 2023 |title=Sharad Yadav, former Union minister and ex-JD(U) chief, dies at 75 |work=Hindustan Times |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sharad-yadav-former-union-minister-dies-at-75-says-daughter-101673545508583.html |url-status=live |access-date=12 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112182401/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sharad-yadav-former-union-minister-dies-at-75-says-daughter-101673545508583.html |archive-date=12 January 2023}} Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the death of Yadav and said that he did works for the welfare of common people.{{Cite tweet |author=Narendra Modi |user=narendramodi |date=12 January 2023 |title=Pained by the passing away of Shri Sharad Yadav Ji. In his long years in public life, he distinguished himself as MP and Minister. [...] |number=1613596486826332163 |access-date=13 January 2023}} Bihar Chief minister Nitish Kumar expressed condolences over the death and announced one day of state mourning. He was cremated with full state honours on 14 January in his ancestral village of Ankhmau in Madhya Pradesh's Hoshangabad district.

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