Sharad Yadav

Sharad Yadav and the Lohia legacy

February 16, 2023 12:42 pm

Sharad Yadav, like Mulayam Singh Yadav, professed to be a Lohiaite. They, however, failed to offer a counter-narrative to majoritarian politics.

Sharad Yadav's last rites to be performed at ancestral village in Madhya Pradesh today

January 14, 2023 3:54 pm

Sharad Yadav, former union minister and veteran socialist leader, passed away at 75 at a private hospital in Gurugram on Thursday.

Sharad Yadav: Mandal flag-bearer

January 13, 2023 10:21 pm

A JP protege, Yadav touched his political high point in the coalition politics of the 1990s

‘Sharad Yadav always raised issues of the downtrodden’

January 14, 2023 3:14 am

Rahul, who is currently leading the Punjab leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, visited Delhi’s Chhatarpur and condoled with the family of Yadav, who was staying at his daughter’s residence after vacating his Tughlaq Road bungalow last May.

‘Parkati mahilayen’: Recalling Sharad Yadav’s staunch Opposition to women’s quota Bill

January 13, 2023 10:11 pm

In 1997, Yadav told the Lok Sabha, “Kaun mahila hai, kaun nahin hai, keval bal kati mahila bhar nahin rahne denge (Who is a woman, who is not, only short-haired women won’t be allowed).”

How MP-born Sharad Yadav came to be a Bihar leader

January 13, 2023 9:58 pm

On Devi Lal's behalf, Sharad Yadav toured the Hindi belt to raise support for Janata Dal in the late '80s, bringing him in touch with leaders like Lalu and Mulayam

With Sharad Yadav's demise, end of the Yadav troika era

January 13, 2023 9:56 pm

Born in anti-Congress agitations, Sharad, Mulayam and Lalu would go on to change the politics of the country, forming an OBC front that would force other parties to find a way around it.

How the staunchly anti-Cong Sharad Yadav bent his politics for ticket for daughter

January 13, 2023 9:07 pm

Lone aberration of his career, Subhashini lost, but his son now is cultivating father's long-held Madhepura seat

Comrades to fierce rivals, how the Sharad Yadav-Nitish Kumar saga played out

January 13, 2023 9:52 pm

The two leaders banded together to establish the JD(U) in 2002 but Nitish’s politics of expedience proved too much for Sharad Yadav in 2017 when he returned to the BJP-led NDA.

Badri Narayan writes: Sharad Yadav was a true democrat of Indian politics

January 14, 2023 9:57 am

Yadav had friends across political lines. But his politics had more to do with ideology, less with pragmatism

Nitish Kumar returns as Bihar Chief Minister

February 22, 2015 8:07 pm

63-year-old Nitish Kumar is back as the Chief Minister for the fourth time after he had quit on May 17, 2014 over JD(U)’s debacle in the general election.

Arun Jaitley, Karan Singh, Sharad Yadav get Best Parliamentarian Award

August 13, 2014 12:26 pm

President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday conferred the Outstanding Parliamentary award to Congress veteran Karan Singh, JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav and Union Minister Arun Jaitley.

Sonia Gandhi hosts iftar party, shares table with Sharad Yadav and Lalu Prasad

July 28, 2014 10:48 am

Sonia Gandhi hosted her first Iftar in three years, which saw the Congress president sharing a table with leaders of RJD and its new-found ally JD(U).

Sharad Yadav On Mayawati's Support

June 22, 2020 6:53 pm

Sharad Yadav On His Experience With Both The BJP And The Congress

June 22, 2020 6:53 pm

Sharad Yadav To Visit Bihar Today

June 22, 2020 6:56 pm

Sharad Yadav Makes Sexist Remarks, Says ‘Honour Of Vote Comes Above Honour Of Daughter’

June 22, 2020 7:12 pm

Opposition slams Modi's statements on welfare of farmers

February 28, 2016 4:12 pm

New Delhi/Bhopal, Feb 28 (ANI): Reacting to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Kisaan rally’ speech, Congress leader Pramod Tiwari on Sunday said the Prime Minister is contradicting his statements. Tiwari said that Modi needed to decide what exactly he is and what he wants. The Congress leader stoically pointed out that the PM had said to farmers that they will be taken care of but his own party was enemy of the farmers as last year when they were taking all the farmers land from them without their consent. He further said that the Prime Minister had promised that 50% bonus would be given to farmers, but they have not yet received it. Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav also echoed similar sentiments, saying that the Prime Minister was repeating the same statements he made in the year 2014. He added that there was a whole lot of difference between doing and saying.

Must combat discrimination against women: Sharad Yadav on Shani temple

January 26, 2016 2:49 pm

New Delhi, Jan 26 (ANI): Janata Dal United leader Sharad Yadav on Tuesday came in support of the women activists protesting against the entry ban in Shani Shingnapur temple, saying that women who belong to weaker sections have been facing discrimination for thousands of years. Yadav added that the Central Government should take initiative to remove such discrimination against women. He further stated that people who are preventing these women from entering the temple should be put behind the bars.

Gulam Rasool should comment responsibly: JD(U)

January 12, 2016 12:02 pm

New Delhi, Jan 12 (ANI): Janta Dal United (JDU) leader Sharad Yadav on Tuesday disapproved of the claim of media being corrupt by his another party leader Gulam Rasool Balyawi, saying the way he reacted is immoral and unacceptable. Yadav also stated that his party will talk to Gulam Rasool on this matter and thought he should have commented responsibly.