Yadav, who served as a minister in governments led by VP Singh and Atal Bihari Vajpayee, was among the founding members of the Janata Dal (United) in 2003.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday paid respects to former Union Minister Sharad Yadav at his residence here, and said he had learnt a lot about politics from the veteran politician.
Sharad Yadav was a prominent socialist leader who rose on the anti-Congress plank of the 70s and remained a key opposition presence for decades as he travelled through various offshoots of Lok Dal and Janata Party before diminished political equity.
Sharad Yadav Dies: RJD chief Lalu Yadav posted a message from his hospital bed in Singapore where he is recuperating from a kidney transplant surgery and said,
Sharad Yadav Dies: The veteran socialist leader breathed his last on Thursday at a private hospital in Gurugram where he was rushed after he collapsed at his Chhatarpur residence in Delhi. Sharad Yadav was suffering from kidney-related issues for a long time and regularly underwent dialysis.