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Sharad Yadav
Sharad Yadav (1 July 1947 – 12 January 2023) was an Indian politician from the Loktantrik Janata Dal(LJD) party. He was elected to the Lok Sabha seven times and to the Rajya Sabha four times for Janata Dal (United). He was the first national president of JD(U), serving from its formation in 2003 until 2016. He was disqualified from the Rajya Sabha in 2017 and removed from party leadership positions for engaging in anti-party activities.
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. He also earned a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering from Jabalpur Engineering College, where he was a gold medalist.
Yadav's involvement with politics started in 1970 when he became the president of Jabalpur University Student Association. 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 in Bihar, twice from Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh and once from Badaun in Uttar Pradesh, which is a rare feat.
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. 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. When the Janata Party split in 1979, he sided with Charan Singh's faction.
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. He contested the 1984 general election as a Lok Dal candidate from Badaun, which he lost against Saleem Iqbal Shervani of Congress. He was elected as a Member of Parliament from Rajya Sabha for the first time in 1986.
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. In an election dominated by the Bofors scandal, INC failed to form the government despite being the single largest party. 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 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. 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.
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Sharad Yadav
Sharad Yadav (1 July 1947 – 12 January 2023) was an Indian politician from the Loktantrik Janata Dal(LJD) party. He was elected to the Lok Sabha seven times and to the Rajya Sabha four times for Janata Dal (United). He was the first national president of JD(U), serving from its formation in 2003 until 2016. He was disqualified from the Rajya Sabha in 2017 and removed from party leadership positions for engaging in anti-party activities.
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. He also earned a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering from Jabalpur Engineering College, where he was a gold medalist.
Yadav's involvement with politics started in 1970 when he became the president of Jabalpur University Student Association. 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 in Bihar, twice from Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh and once from Badaun in Uttar Pradesh, which is a rare feat.
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. 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. When the Janata Party split in 1979, he sided with Charan Singh's faction.
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. He contested the 1984 general election as a Lok Dal candidate from Badaun, which he lost against Saleem Iqbal Shervani of Congress. He was elected as a Member of Parliament from Rajya Sabha for the first time in 1986.
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. In an election dominated by the Bofors scandal, INC failed to form the government despite being the single largest party. 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 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. 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.