Galaxy of leaders attend Sharad Yadav's book launch

NEW DELHI: Keeping aside their political differences, a galaxy of leaders including Vice-President Hamid Ansari, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu, today attended the launch of a book based on the life of JD(U) President Sharad Yadav here.

The book 'Sharad Yadav- Sangharsh Ke Senani, Sarvajanik, Rajkiya aur Vyaktigat Jeevan ka Safarnama' written by Manoj Krishnan was released by the Vice-President.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, senior BJP leaders L K Advani and Yeshwant Sinha, Samajwadi supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Deputy Speaker of the Rajya Sabha P J Kurien, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, Shivsena MP Sanjay Raut, TMC MP Derek O'Brien, were also present at the event.

Although the ruling NDA and the opposition are locked in a battle over various issues in the Parliament, the mood at Yadav's residence was calm with the leaders from various political parties interacting with each other cordially and also sharing some light moments.