In India, unanimous tributes after the death of political icon Sharad Yadav

Sharad Yadav, then leader of the Janta Dal party, February 25, 2016. © PRAKASH SINGH / AFP

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An opponent of the Congress Party during the controversial State of Emergency, Sharad Yadav helped found the Janata Party, which forever changed India's political scene by overthrowing Congress.

His relentless fight for caste equality had finished forging his legend in the eyes of a majority of Indians.

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From our correspondent in Bangalore,

From Communists to Hindu nationalists, we salute a man who marked

the history of the young Indian democracy

and the memory of its citizens.

Of socialist obedience, Sharad Yadav became known in the 1970s by fighting the authoritarianism of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

What is worth to him to pass several times under the locks.

When the state of emergency was lifted in 1977, he helped forge the Janata Party, a coalition that overthrew the Indian National Congress, a first since independence.

This new government will bring the lower caste Indians into democracy and Indian politics.

Equality between citizens

The Janata Party will then split between supporters of an alliance with the Hindu nationalists, under whom Sharad Yadav will serve as minister, and more secular and regional parties which will reconnect with the Indian National Congress (INC).

Elected seven times as a deputy, Sharad Yadav will work tirelessly for the equality of citizens.

We owe him the adoption of the Mandal Report in 1990, which will institutionalize positive discrimination and quotas for castes in India. 

पिताजी स्व ० शरद यादव का पार्थिव पार्थिव शरीर एयरपोर्ट से पैतृक गांव आंखमाऊँ ले जाया है।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।

एयरपोर्ट पर मप्र ० के वर्तमान मुख्यमंत्री @@chouhanshivraj जी व पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री @ @digvijaya_28 जी समेत नेताओं व समर्थकों ने श्रद्धांजलि की तथा पुलिस बल द्वारा सलामी दी दी गई गई गई गई गई गई गई गई गई गई गई गई गई गई गई गई गई गई गई गई

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— Subhashini Sharad Yadav (@Subhashini_12b) January 14, 2023

“

 His death is an irreparable loss to the country

 ,” Interior Minister Amit Shah said.

“ 

I learned a lot from his struggle and his humility 

,” said

Rahul Gandhi

, Indian National Congress figure and grandson of Indira Gandhi.

The grudge is forgotten, as Sharav Yadav himself affirmed during his lifetime.

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