Sharad Yadav: Reached Parliament at the age of 27, was cabinet minister for 4 times, Sharad Yadav’s political innings was something like this

Sharad Yadav, who was counted among the socialist leaders of the country, had been a four-time MP from Bihar’s Madhepura seat. Yadav first reached Parliament at the age of 27 by winning the 1974 Lok Sabha by-election. Yadav, an engineering graduate, was fielded by Jai Prakash Narayan against the Congress party as a Janata Party candidate in the Jabalpur by-election. (File Photo)

After this he was re-elected in 1977. In 1986, Sharad Yadav reached the Rajya Sabha after being elected. After this this process did not stop. Yadav continued to retain his seat in Parliament and won in 1977 as well. However, he had to face defeat in 1980. (File Photo)

In 1989-90, Sharad Yadav was included in the Union Cabinet and was given the Ministry of Textiles and Food Processing Industries. In 1991, Yadav once again reached the Parliament for the 10th Lok Sabha. In 1995, Yadav was made the working president of Janata Dal and in 1997 he was elected as the party president. (File photo)

Sharad Yadav was also involved in many committees of the Parliament. Apart from this, he also took charge of four ministries in his political career. (File photo)

One of the high points of Sharad Yadav’s life was when he defeated Lalu Prasad Yadav from the Madhepura parliamentary seat in the 1999 general elections. This victory also got him a ministerial post in the Vajpayee government. However, his relations with Lalu also improved. Yadav left JDU and formed a new party, Loktantrik Janata Dal, and after its failure, he merged his party with Lalu’s party Rashtriya Janata Dal. (File photo)

In political life, Sharad Yadav had close relations with many big leaders. Yadav, who once supported Lalu-Nitish, also had a good relationship with Mulayam Singh Yadav. However, relations with these three leaders also soured. (File Photo)

Sharad Yadav’s long political life was also surrounded by controversies. In 2009, Yadav also threatened to commit suicide while opposing the Women’s Reservation Bill in Parliament. Yadav said that this would only benefit women with ‘parakati’ ie short hair. (File Photo)

Apart from this, Yadav also made very controversial comments about women, including Union Minister Smriti Irani, former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, for which he had to face heavy opposition. (file photo)

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