New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): Former Union Minister Sharad Yadav on Tuesday vacated the 7 Tuglaq Road Bungalow after spending 22 years there as Union Minister and Member of Parliament, representing both houses- Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Sharad Yadav on Friday backed Rahul Gandhi for the president of the Congress party.

New Delhi [India], March 31 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the former union minister Sharad Yadav to vacate the official bungalow allotted to him as a Member of Parliament in Lutyens Delhi till May 31, 2022.

New Delhi Mar 31 PTI The Supreme Court on Thursday granted former Union minister Sharad Yadav time till May 31 2022 to vacate the official bungalow allotted to him as a member of Parliament on humanitarian groundThe top court asked Yadav to furnish an undertaking within a week to the effect that he will vacate the bungalow by then In the event of failure to submit the undertaking within a week Yadav will have to vacate the premises immediately in compliance of an order of the Delhi high courtA bench of Justices DY Chandrachud Sanjiv Khanna and Surya Kant said Having heard the counsel we are of the view that end of justice would be met purely on humanitarian ground if time to vacate the premises is granted to the petitioner under May 31 2022 subject to his filing an undertaking that he shall vacate on or before the said date It said The undertaking shall be filed within a period of one week from today failing which the petitioner shall lose the benefit of this order and would be liable to vacate immediately as per the order of the High CourtAt the outset senior advocate Kapil Sibal appearing for Yadav submitted that it may be possible to resolve the matter at this stage if reasonable time is granted to the petitioner to vacate the premisesSibal submitted that having due regard to the fact that the petitioner is in serious medical condition at present Yadav seeks to vacate the premises by May 31 2022 and would file an undertaking to this effectAdditional Solicitor General Sanjay Jain submitted that while his instructions are that a weeks time may be granted to vacate the premises but at the most the court can grant time till the end of AprilHe claimed for the past 15 days Yadav has been attending public functions The ASG said in case Yadavs petition against his disqualification from the Rajya Sabha because of which he was to asked to vacate the bungalow is dismissed then he may be directed to pay the market rate rent to the governmentSibal said there are several people of a particular political party who have overstayed in government quarters but no rent at market rate was collectedThey have been staying for years and they do not want those houses but they want this Yadavs house he saidThe bench did not go into the point raised by Sibal and disposed of Yadavs pleaOn March 28 the top court had asked the Centre to specify what reasonable time could be given to Yadav on humanitarian grounds to vacate the government bungalow as he is undergoing treatment for multiple ailmentsThe Centre had earlier informed the Supreme Court that there was a shortage of government accommodations and Union minister Pashupati Kumar Paras was waiting for Yadavs bungalow to be vacatedYadav was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2017 He had moved the top court challenging an order of the Delhi High Court directing him to vacate within 15 days the government bungalow after he was disqualified from the Upper House the same year Yadav who was then a JDU MP was disqualified under the anti-defection law on an application by his party which objected to the socialist leader attending an opposition rally in PatnaThe petition by the 75-year-old leader said his case deserved sympathetic treatment on account of his ill health It said he has been hospitalised 13 times since July 2020 and was last discharged in FebruaryThe high court had on March 15 directed Yadav to hand over the bungalow at 7 Tughlak Road to the government within 15 days saying more than four years have elapsed since he was disqualified as an MPIn his plea before the apex court Yadav said he is residing there for 22 years and the high court passed the order even though his challenge to his improper and erroneous disqualification has not been decided yet by the courtYadav had approached the high court in 2017 challenging his disqualification on several grounds including that he was not given a chance to present his views by the House chairman before he passed the order PTI MNL MNL SK SK

New Delhi Mar 28 PTI The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to specify what reasonable time could be given to former Union minister Sharad Yadav on humanitarian grounds to vacate the government bungalow allotted to him as he is undergoing treatment for multiple ailments The top court also told Yadav that he will have to furnish an undertaking that he will vacate his bungalow on a specified date The Centre informed the top court that there was a shortage of government accommodations and Union minister Pashupati Nath Paswan is waiting for Yadavs bungalow to be vacated A bench of justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant said that it is not going into the politics of the matter but thinking to sort out the problem purely from the humanitarian point of view At the outset senior advocate Kapil Sibal appearing for Yadav said that his term is ending in July and he is willing to give an undertaking that he will vacate the bungalow by then This man has to undergo dialysis every other day He was on a ventilator during COVID time and is suffering from various ailments I am not saying I will not vacate the bungalow but give me some reasonable time Sibal said Yadav was elected to Rajya Sabha in 2017 He had moved the top court challenging an order of the Delhi High Court directing him to vacate within 15 days the government bungalow here as he was disqualified from the Upper House in 2017 on the application of his then party JDU The petition by 75-year-old Yadav said his case deserved sympathetic treatment on account of his ill health It said he has been hospitalised 13 times since July 2020 and was last discharged in February Additional Solicitor General Sanjay Jain said that there is a shortage of government accommodation in the city and many ministers need to be allotted bungalows after the expansion of the Cabinet Union Pashupati Nath Paswan is waiting for the allotment for a long time He Yadav was disqualified from Rajya Sabha His writ petition on disqualification is pending adjudication Jain said He said that now the cat is out of the bag as just after the high court order he has merged his party with the Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD just to retain the bungalow Sibal said that he never said that Yadav will not vacate the bungalow but some reasonable time be given on humanitarian grounds The bench asked Jain to seek instruction and posted the matter for further hearing on Thursday The high court had on March 15 directed Yadav to hand over the bungalow at 7 Tughlak Road here to the government within 15 days saying more than four years have elapsed since he was disqualified as an MP In his plea before the apex court Yadav has said he is residing there for 22 years and the high court had passed the order even though his challenge to his improper and erroneous disqualification has not been decided by the court In terms of the impugned order the high court appears to have revived a disposed of application and passed further orders therein vacating the earlier interim order of the high court dated December 15 2017 and directed the petitioner to hand over the possession of his official residence within a period of 15 days said the plea filed through advocate Javedur RahmanThis was done despite the fact that the challenge to the legality of his disqualification from Rajya Sabha is still pending before the high court it said The petition said Yadav was disqualified from the Rajya Sabha on December 4 2017 in terms of Paragraph 21a of the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution for purportedly having given up the membership of his partyHe was then an MP of Bihars ruling JDU which had sought his disqualification for attending an opposition rally in Patna The high court had disposed of an application by the Centre seeking to lift a stay on the vacation of the government bungalow occupied by him in the national capital as he was disqualified as an MP The December 15 2017 order stands vacated the high court had said and listed the main petition for hearing on April 21 It had said until and unless Yadavs disqualification is set aside he has no right to occupy the government accommodation and added that the provision of perks including residential accommodation are provided to the functionaries of the state to enable them to discharge their duties The high court had said the perks are conferred to any individual personally and they are not given for life Yadav had approached the high court in 2017 challenging his disqualification from Rajya Sabha on several grounds including that he was not given any chance to present his views by the House chairman before he passed the order On the other hand Ram Chandra Prasad Singh then the leader of the JDU in Rajya Sabha had sought disqualification of Yadav and his colleague Ali Anwar as they had attended a rally of opposition parties in violation of the party directives Yadav joined hands with the opposition after the then JDU president and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar had dumped the alliance with the RJD and the Congress and tied up with the BJP in July 2017 Anwars term expired in 2018 Both were disqualified under the Anti-Defection Act PTI MNL MNL RT RT

New Delhi Mar 20 PTI Asserting that nationwide opposition unity is imperative to defeat the BJP former Union minister and socialist leader Sharad Yadav on Sunday merged his party Loktantrik Janata Dal with Rashtriya Janata Dal and pitched for coming together of all forces fighting the ruling party RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav welcomed the veteran leader who had fought some of the keenest Lok Sabha poll battles against his father Lalu Prasad Yadav in the 1990s into his partys fold saying it is a message for the anti-BJP parties to unite to take on the ruling dispensation The young RJD leader alleged that the Constitution and democracy are in danger and all parties standing for secularism and social justice must join handsIn an apparent swipe at the BJP over its leaders support to Hindi film The Kashmir Files he said people are in distress due to price rise and unemployment and debate should be over these issues instead of some movie setting agendaThe movie which seeks to highlight the violent trauma Kashmiri Pandits underwent leading to their exodus from the Valley over three decades back has been accused by critics including leaders of opposition parties of fomenting hate and division with its alleged negative portrayal of Kashmiri MuslimsPolitics of hate is taking place and the Constitution and democracy are in danger Tejashwi Yadav told reporters thanking Sharad Yadav for showing his faith in him The move by Sharad Yadav 74 who had been keeping low after battling health issues for months is seen as an effort to rehabilitate his colleagues and other associates as his LJD could never become a serious force after its launch following his separation with JDU leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar He had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha election on the RJD ticket while his daughter had fought the 2020 Bihar assembly poll as a nominee of the Congress then an RJD ally Unity of opposition parties is his priority Sharad Yadav told reporters here while lauding Tejashwi Yadav for leading the fight against the BJP-led NDA in Bihar Opposition parties should join hands nationwide to take on the BJP he said adding that no one party can singlehandedly defeat it He hailed Tejashwi Yadav as Bihars future and played down reporters queries about the possible leader of the opposition parties if they were to unite Citing past instances he said parties have first joined forces and a leader was picked later A broader unity of opposition parties should be the first step considering the situation in the country he said This step merger has been necessitated as an initiative of my regular efforts for bringing together scattered Janata parivar in view of the current political situation in the country he had earlier said in a statement claiming the BJP government has been a failure and people are looking for a strong opposition The merger marks his coming together with Lalu Prasad Yadav after more than three decades with both leaders battling health issues and seen to be at a fag end of their political career Lalu Prasad had quit Janata Dal in 1997 to form his party over differences with its leadership as the probe against fodder scam in which he was a main accused gathered pace Sharad Yadav was then seen as his rival within the Janata Dal and he later joined hands with Nitish Kumar to end the RJDs 15-year reign in Bihar in 2005 Sharad Yadav was however also seen as a key votary for the JDU-RJD alliance in the 2015 assembly polls in Bihar against the BJP and he later parted ways with Kumar over his decision to ally with the BJP again PTI KR RT RT

New Delhi Mar 20 PTI Former Union minister and socialist leader Sharad Yadav merged his party Loktantrik Janata Dal with Rashtriya Janata Dal on Sunday pitching for unity in opposition ranks to take on the BJP RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav welcomed the veteran leader who had fought some of the keenest Lok Sabha poll battles against his father Lalu Prasad Yadav in the 1990s into his partys fold saying that it is a message for the anti-BJP parties to unite to take on the ruling dispensation Sharad Yadav 74 had been keeping low after battling health issues for months and the development is seen as an effort to rehabilitate his colleagues and other associates as his party LJD could never become a serious force after being launched following his separation with JDU leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar He had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha election on the RJD ticket while his daughter had fought the 2020 Bihar assembly poll as a nominee of the Congress then an RJD ally Unity of opposition parties is his priority Sharad Yadav told reporters here while lauding Tejashwi Yadav for leading the fight against the BJP-led NDA in Bihar Opposition parties should join hands nationwide to take on the BJP he said This step merger has been necessitated as an initiative of his regular efforts for bringing together scattered Janata parivar in view of the current political situation in the country he had earlier said in a statement claiming the BJP government has been a failure and people are looking for a strong opposition The merger marks his coming together with Lalu Prasad Yadav after more than three decades with both leaders seen to be at a fag end of their political career Lalu Prasad Yadav had quit Janata Dal in 1997 to form his party over differences with its leadership as the probe against fodder scam in which he was a main accused gathered pace Sharad Yadav was then seen as his rival within the Janata Dal and he later joined hands with Nitish Kumar to end RJDs 15-year reign in Bihar in 2005 Sharad Yadav was however also seen as a key votary for the JDU -RJD alliance in the 2015 assembly polls in Bihar against the BJP and he later parted ways with Kumar over his decision to ally with the BJP again PTI KR RT RT

New Delhi [India], March 15 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the disqualified Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament Sharad Yadav to vacate the Government bungalow in the Lutyen's Zone.

Lucknow Oct 17 PTI Samajwadi Party president and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav Sunday attacked the BJP dispensation saying the state needs a yogya competent government and not a Yogi governmentSpeaking to reporters at the partys headquarters here he further alleged the BJP has no work to do aside from changing names It believes in filling pockets instead of potholes Uttar Pradesh needs a yogya competent government and not a Yogi government he saidHe was speaking after former Uttar Pradesh chief of Bahujan Samaj Party RS Kushwaha and former MP Kadir Rana joined the SPYadav reiterated his partys demand for a caste census and said that when the Congress was in power at the Centre Netaji Mulayam Singh Yadav RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and Sharad Yadav had demanded that a caste census was doneThe SP chief also attacked the BJP government over rising prices of petrol diesel and LPGAt a number of places the price of petrol has crossed Rs 100 per litre and the public is forced to buy everything at a higher price The prices of diesel and LPG cylinders have also increased Do they have any answer to this he saidHe also attacked the BJP over Samajwadi Party MLA Nitin Agarwal filing nomination for the deputy speakers post in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly with the support of the ruling partyWhich party does the candidate put up by the BJP belong to What can be expected of a government which inaugurates already inaugurated projects and lays foundation stone of the projects for which the foundation stone has already been laid he askedHe also rubbished claims of factionalism in the Samajwadi Party and claimed the BJP will not give tickets to 150 MLAs in the 2022 pollsYadav had earlier said that SP will win 400 out of the 403 seats in the UP Assembly He termed the BJP government anti-farmerBoth the UP government and the Centre have deceived people The truth is that no one has got a job Yadav said PTI ARNAV TIR TIR

Patna (India) [India], October 9 (ANI): Former Civil Aviation Minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, Sharad Yadav on Saturday said that he hoped that the acquisition of Air India by the Tata Group would help revive the fortunes of the airline.