<p>The Bihar government declared state mourning on Friday as a mark of respect to veteran socialist leader and former union minister Sharad Yadav.</p>.<p>The chief minister's office issued the statement declaring the state mourning. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar condoled Yadav's death saying, "I had a very deep relationship with Sharad Yadav Ji. I am shocked and saddened by the news of his demise. It has caused irreparable loss in social and political fields.</p>.<p>"He (Yadav) was a strong socialist leader, a seven-term Lok Sabha MP and a three-term Rajya Sabha MP. May his soul rest in peace,” he added.</p>.<p>Kumar also spoke to the bereaved family. Sharad Yadav (75) died at a private hospital in Gurugram on Thursday night after he was brought to the medical establishment in an unconscious and unresponsive state.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/last-rites-of-sharad-yadav-to-take-place-in-his-ancestral-village-in-mp-1180611.html" target="_blank">Last rites of Sharad Yadav to take place in his ancestral village in MP</a></strong></p>.<p>He had collapsed at his Chhatarpur residence. Governor Phagu Chauhan and the RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, recuperating in Singapore after a kidney transplant surgery, too condoled the death of the socialist leader.</p>.<p>Prasad, who fought electoral battles with Sharad Yadav in Madhepura Lok Sabha seat, said that mutual differences with him "never resulted in any type of bitterness".</p>.<p>Prasad in a video statement from his hospital bed referred to Sharad Yadav as 'bade bhai' (big brother) and recalled his old association with him.</p>.<p>"Sharad Yadav, besides late Mulayam Singh Yadav, Nitish Kumar and I learnt the politics of socialism from Ram Manohar Lohia and Karpoori Thakur," Prasad said.</p>.<p>"On many occasions, Sharad Yadav and I fought with each other. But our disagreements never led to any bitterness," said the RJD supremo, who had lent a helping hand to Yadav when the latter was struggling to come out of political wilderness.</p>
<p>The Bihar government declared state mourning on Friday as a mark of respect to veteran socialist leader and former union minister Sharad Yadav.</p>.<p>The chief minister's office issued the statement declaring the state mourning. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar condoled Yadav's death saying, "I had a very deep relationship with Sharad Yadav Ji. I am shocked and saddened by the news of his demise. It has caused irreparable loss in social and political fields.</p>.<p>"He (Yadav) was a strong socialist leader, a seven-term Lok Sabha MP and a three-term Rajya Sabha MP. May his soul rest in peace,” he added.</p>.<p>Kumar also spoke to the bereaved family. Sharad Yadav (75) died at a private hospital in Gurugram on Thursday night after he was brought to the medical establishment in an unconscious and unresponsive state.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/last-rites-of-sharad-yadav-to-take-place-in-his-ancestral-village-in-mp-1180611.html" target="_blank">Last rites of Sharad Yadav to take place in his ancestral village in MP</a></strong></p>.<p>He had collapsed at his Chhatarpur residence. Governor Phagu Chauhan and the RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, recuperating in Singapore after a kidney transplant surgery, too condoled the death of the socialist leader.</p>.<p>Prasad, who fought electoral battles with Sharad Yadav in Madhepura Lok Sabha seat, said that mutual differences with him "never resulted in any type of bitterness".</p>.<p>Prasad in a video statement from his hospital bed referred to Sharad Yadav as 'bade bhai' (big brother) and recalled his old association with him.</p>.<p>"Sharad Yadav, besides late Mulayam Singh Yadav, Nitish Kumar and I learnt the politics of socialism from Ram Manohar Lohia and Karpoori Thakur," Prasad said.</p>.<p>"On many occasions, Sharad Yadav and I fought with each other. But our disagreements never led to any bitterness," said the RJD supremo, who had lent a helping hand to Yadav when the latter was struggling to come out of political wilderness.</p>