Sharad Yadav (born 1 July 1947) is a politician who came in the political arena as a student leader.
After having a successful student leader and President of Students Union of Jabalpur University and also President of Samajwadi Yujan Sabha, he was elected to 5th Lok Sabha in by-election 1974 from Jabalpur constituency in Madhya Pradesh.
It was the time when J P Movement was on peak and he was selected as the People's candidate and he was the first candidate chosen by Lok Nayak Shri Jai Prakash Narain.
He contested on the election symbol "Haldar Kisan" and it was the same symbol which later inherited by Janata Party.
Since then, he has represented this Party which was formed with Samajwadi principles in politics with one or the other nomenclature.
Presently he is the patron of Loktantarik Janata Dal which has been formed by his supporters in the event of his illegal removal from Janata Dal U and then disqualification from Rajya Sabha in December 2017 as he attended the Rally of Mahagathbandan.
JD(U) was a part of mahagathbandhan when Bihar Government was formed in 2015.