- Former Union Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Sharad Yadav passed away at the age of 75.
- He had reconciled with both the Congress and arch-political rival Lalu Yadav and was instrumental in forming the Grand Alliance after the 2015 assembly elections in Bihar.
- Sharad Yadav was a cabinet minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee governments in the late 1990s and the VP Singh governments in 1989.
- He was elected seven times to the Lok Sabha and thrice to the Rajya Sabha.
- He was the first National President of Janata Dal (United) from 2003 to 2016.
- He launched his own party, the Loktantrik Janata Dal, in 2018, but merged it with Lalu Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal two years later.
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