Vijay Bahadur Yadav

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Vijay Bahadur Yadav
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MLA in 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
In office
March 2012 – March 2017
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byBipin Singh
ConstituencyGorakhpur Rural
MLA in 15th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
In office
May 2007 – March 2012
Preceded byKamlesh Kumar
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyManiram
Personal details
Born (1969-09-14) 14 September 1969 (age 52)
Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partySamajwadi Party (2016–present)
Other political
affiliations		Bharatiya Janata Party (until 2016)
Spouse(s)
Rambha Devi
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(m. 1989)​
Children3
ResidenceBharwaliya Bujurg, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
ProfessionBusiness

Vijay Bahadur Yadav (born 14 September 1969) is an Indian politician and a member in 15th and 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. Since 2012, he represent Gorakhpur Rural (Assembly constituency) as a member of Samajwadi Party. Earlier he also represent Maniram (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in 2007–2012 as Bharatiya Janata Party.[1][2]

Yadav in his 10-year tenure has faced no corruption charges and has been fairly active in the legislative assembly. He has been credited for allotment of university status to Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology and has also raised the issue of encephalitis continuously and has secured funds for construction of a new ward in Gorakhpur Medical College.[3]

Personal life[]

Vijay Bahadur Yadav was born to Rama Shankar Yadav on 14 September 1969 in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. He studied till intermediate. Vijay B Yadav married Rambha Devi on 7 December 1989, with whom he has two sons and a daughter. He is a businessman by profession.[4]

Political career[]

Yadav started his political journey with Bharatiya Janata Party in 2007, even though he is said to have never aligned with BJP's ideology but on request of Mahant Avaidyanath he agreed to contest on Bharatiya Janata Party ticket. Despite the stiff opposition of Yogi Adityanath in the 2012 election, BJP gave him the ticket, due to which Yogi Adityanath pitted his party Hindu Yuva Vahini candidate against him. however he won the election and emerged as a strong regional leader of Purvanchal. During this period his closeness to Akhilesh Yadav kept growing and in controversial Rajya Sabha elections he voted for Samajwadi Party[6] candidate against BJP. He ask- I impressed by the policy making of then chief minister, he resolutely stated "I voted on the basis of development done by the Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and I am ready to make any sacrifice". After cross voting in Rajya Sabha election Bhartiya Janata Party suspend him from party.[7]

In 2016, he left from Bhartiya Janta Party and joined Samajwadi Party on his ideological.

References[]

  1. ^ "BJP accuses party MLA of working against Yogi". The Times of India. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  2. ^ "प्रशासन की मंशा साफ नहीं : विजय बहादुर यादव". inextlive (in Hindi). 7 January 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  3. ^ "अखिलेश यादव के सपने को पूरा करना मेरा मकसदः विजय बहादुर यादव-". Amar Ujala. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Shri Vijay Bahadur Yadav - Profile". Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  5. ^ "GORAKHPUR RURAL Election Result 2017, Uttar Pradesh". NDTV. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  6. ^ PTI (12 June 2018). "BJP Suspends UP Legislator Vijay Bahadur Yadav For Cross Voting". NDTV. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  7. ^ PTI (11 June 2016). "Uttar Pradesh RS polls: BJP MLA Vijay Bahadur Yadav cross-votes". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
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