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New Delhi:

Former Union Minister and senior socialist leader Sharad Yadav, who was the national president of JDU, died on Thursday night in a private hospital in Gurugram.

His body has been kept at Chhatarpur's residence, where all the people are coming and paying tribute to him.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and Home Minister Amit Shah also reached his residence to pay homage to Sharad Yadav.

Apart from this, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar also paid tribute to Sharad Yadav.

Rahul Gandhi said that I have learned a lot about politics from Sharad Yadav ji, he is not among us today, so I am feeling very sad.

He never lost his respect, because it is very easy to lose respect in politics.

Delhi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi pays tribute to former Union Minister and JDU leader Sharad Yadav.

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On the other hand, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the absence of Sharad Yadav ji among us is an irreparable loss to the public life of the country.

In his 5 decades long public life, Sharad ji always raised the issues of the people and the backward.

He continued to carry forward the basic principles of the Samajwadi Party till his last breath.

The absence of Sharad Yadav ji among us is an irreparable loss to the public life of the country.

In his 5 decades long public life, Sharad ji always raised the issues of the people and the backward.

May he carry forward the core principles of Samajwadi Party till his last breath: Union Home Minister Amit Shah https://t.co/xZ3QSBmJ41pic.twitter.com/zfBC7XVBps

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He said that Sharad Yadav was the main leader in the leadership that emerged after fighting against the Emergency.

In this hour of grief, I pray to give strength to his family members, supporters and followers to bear the loss.