 Giridhari Yadav was a history student in Madhya Pradesh and started his political career in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh as a youth co-ordinator in Indian Youth Congress in the Rajiv Gandhi Government, (1983-1985) he was said to be close to former chief minister Arjun Singh, B.R.Yadav, Santosh Sahu.Giridhari Yadav belongs to a socialist class of politicians.