The Sangh Parivar, against which I had been waging a war, misled the people. My opponents used the Election Commission and the bureaucracy to win a political battle.

He was the Minister of Railways from 2004 to 2009 in the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government Chief Minister of Bihar from 1990 to 1997 and is the President of the Rashtriya Janata Dal political party. Yadav became Chief Minister of Bihar in 1990 but resigned in 1997 following escalating corruption charges relating to the Fodder Scam.