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'''Anirudh Prasad''', who goes by the alias of '''Sadhu Yadav''', is an [[India]]n politician and a brother-in-law of [[Laloo Yadav|Lalu Yadav]], the leader of the [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] (RJD) of the state of [[Bihar]].

As a member of the RJD, Yadav was a member of the [[Bihar Legislative Council]] in 2001<ref name=toi20111112 /> and was also a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly]]<ref>{{cite news |date=8 October 2010 |title=Cong gives nomination to Lalu's brother-in-law Sadhu Yadav |publisher=India Today |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/cong-gives-nomination-to-lalus-brotherinlaw-sadhu-yadav/1/115519.html |accessdate=2012-04-03}}</ref> prior to being [[2004 Indian general election|elected in 2004]] as a [[Member of Parliament]] for the [[Gopalganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gopalganj constituency]].<ref name=ie20090317 /><ref name=toi20111112>{{cite news |title=Sadhu Yadav granted bail in assault case |agency=TNN |date=12 November 2011 |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-12/patna/30391012_1_sadhu-yadav-anirudh-prasad-assault-case|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103155457/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-12/patna/30391012_1_sadhu-yadav-anirudh-prasad-assault-case|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=2012-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=India votes: Lok Sabha & Vidhan Sabha elections 2001-2005 |first=Mahendra Singh |last=Rana |publisher=Sarup & Sons |location=New Delhi |year=2006 |isbn=978-81-7625-647-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yInZdHn-pKoC |pages=174, 192 |accessdate=2012-04-03}}</ref> He left the RJD after a dispute with the party leader, his brother-in-law,<ref name=ie20100310 /> Laloo Yadav, that related to allocation of constituencies between that party and the [[Lok Janshakti Party]] (LJP). The Gopalganj constituency had become a [[Reserved seats#India|reserved seat]] and an LJP candidate, who had not previously been successful in elections, was preferred to Yadav elsewhere.<ref name=ie20090317>{{cite news |title=Lalu has knelt down before Paswan: Sadhu Yadav |date=17 March 2009 |publisher=Indian Express |url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Lalu-has-knelt-down-before-Paswan-Sadhu-Yadav/435627/ |accessdate=2012-04-03}}</ref><ref name=ndtv20100310 /> Two days after leaving the RJD, in March 2009, Yadav joined the INC<ref>{{cite news |title=Sadhu Yadav joins Congress |agency=Press Trust Of India |date=19 March 2009 |publisher=Hindustan Times |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/India/Sadhu-Yadav-joins-Congress/Article1-391157.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404011731/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/India/Sadhu-Yadav-joins-Congress/Article1-391157.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 April 2013 |accessdate=2012-04-03}}</ref> and was unsuccessful in gaining re-election to the [[Lok Sabha]]&nbsp;- the [[lower house]] of the [[Parliament of India]] -&nbsp;when he contested the [[Champaran]] Lok Sabha constituency.<ref name=ndtv20100310>{{cite news |url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/congress-suspends-sadhu-yadav-17488 |title=Congress suspends Sadhu Yadav |agency=Press Trust of India |date=10 March 2010 |publisher=NDTV |accessdate=2012-04-02}}</ref>

In March 2010 he was briefly suspended from the Bihar section of the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) for allegedly challenging the party's policy strategy. He denied voicing any such challenge and his explanation was accepted.<ref name=ie20100310>{{cite news |title=Congress suspends Sadhu Yadav |publisher=Indian Express |date=10 March 2010 |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/congress-suspends-sadhu-yadav/589205/ |accessdate=2012-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Cong withdraws Sadhu Yadav's suspension |agency=Press Trust Of India |date=11 March 2010 |publisher=Hindustan Times |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Patna/Cong-withdraws-Sadhu-Yadav-s-suspension/Article1-517766.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120905075415/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Patna/Cong-withdraws-Sadhu-Yadav-s-suspension/Article1-517766.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 September 2012 |accessdate=2012-04-03}}</ref> Returning to the Gopalganj constituency, Yadav then fought and lost as a candidate for the INC in the [[2010 Bihar legislative assembly election]].<ref>{{cite news |date=28 November 2010 |title=Lalu has scripted his own fall, say former aides |agency=PTI |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/article919584.ece |accessdate=2012-04-03}}</ref> That election saw confusion regarding the ages of several candidates, including Yadav. The candidates claimed that errors had resulted in the printing process for pre-election affidavits, and in Yadav's case this meant that he was recorded as aged 47 in 2009 when he had been shown as 44 at the time of the 2004 general elections. When asked for clarification by the [[BBC]] in 2009, he claimed to be aged 40.<ref>{{cite news |date=29 October 2010 |title=Indian poll candidates' time warp |first=Amarnath |last=Tewary |publisher=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11641198 |accessdate=2012-04-03}}</ref>

On 25 March 2014, he announced his candidature for [[2014 Lok Sabha elections]] from [[Saran (Lok Sabha constituency)|Saran]] contesting against his sister and ex-Chief Minister of Bihar [[Rabri Devi]]. He stood as an independent candidate.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sadhu Yadav to contest against sister Rabri Devi in Lok Sabha Polls|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/03/sadhu-yadav-to-contest-against-sister-rabri-devi-in-lok-sabha-polls/|work=IANS|publisher=news.biharprabha.com|accessdate=27 March 2014}}</ref> However, he lost the seat to  BJP candidate [[Rajiv Pratap Rudy]]. He finished a distant third from Barauli seat in 2015 assembly polls. He contested the [[2019 Indian general election]] as a BSP candidate from Maharajganj, but lost to [[Janardan Singh Sigriwal]].

Sadhu Yadav has been accused of multiple crimes including Shilpi-Gautam murder case of 1999.