 In 1997, Yadav was one of seventeen Lok Sabha MPs to form Rashtriya Janata Dal(RJD) as a break away party from Janata Dal in New Delhi.He lost to Digvijay Singh in 12th Lok Sabha elections on RJD ticket by less than 1%  of total votes.He 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.