[5] His father, Dhano Yadav, was a school teacher in Indian Railways;[6] his mother is Jagti Devi.

[7] Then he moved to Madhya Pradesh to pursue postgraduate studies at DHG University, Sagar where he obtained M.A.

Yadav went back to Bihar after campaigning in Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections, in August 1994 and worked as a party worker for Janata Dal.

Yadav got elected as MLA for second time from Katoria, Bihar in 2000, and in 1999 came close to winning 13th Lok Sabha as an independent candidate losing only by a margin of 2% of total votes.

Yadav resigned from the post in 2015 after being issued a notice for mingling with alliance RJD leader Mohd.

In 2019 he won with a record margin to be elected to the 17th Lok Sabha from Banka and served in the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance.