Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Laloo Prasad Yadav [ Images ], who was elected to the 14th Lok Sabha from Chhapra and Madhepura in Bihar, has given up the Madhepura seat.

Speaker Somnath Chatterjee [ Images ] announced this in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

Yadav, who defeated senior Janata Dal-United leader Sharad Yadav in Madhepura, will retain Chhapra, where he trounced Bharatiya Janata Party [ Images ] leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy.

The speaker said he had received a letter dated June 9 from Yadav resigning his Madhepura seat.