Ajay Singh Yadav

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Ajay Singh Yadav
President of All India Congress Committee(OBC Department)
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 February 2022 — 10 April 2025
	INC	Ajay Singh Yadav	33,922	52.78	29.36
	HVP	Rajinder Singh	8,098	12.60	New
	BJP	Shiv Rattan Singh	7,463	11.61	New
	Independent	Inderpal	5,092	7.92	New
	Sarvajati Janta Panchayat	Mittar Sain	4,198	6.53	New
	LKD	Jaggan Singh	1,758	2.74	52.64
	Independent	Jai Singh	931	1.45	New
	Jawan Kisan Mazdur Party	Chiranji S/O Mam Chand	655	1.02	New
	Doordarshi Party	Lal Chand	432	0.67	New
	Independent	Joginder	367	0.57	New
Margin of victory			25,824	40.18	8.23
Turnout			64,269	59.98	12.01
Registered electors			1,11,081		11.06
	INC gain from LKD		Swing	2.59

1996 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Rewari

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ajay Singh Yadav	22,099	26.70	26.08
	Independent	Randhir Singh Kapriwas	20,332	24.56	New
	BJP	Sharda	18,566	22.43	10.82
	BSP	Ishwar Yadav	7,362	8.89	New
	SP	Master Brinder Singh	5,943	7.18	New
	Samata Party	Sunil Rao	2,705	3.27	New
	Independent	Shri Ram Sambharya	2,004	2.42	New
	AIIC(T)	K . R. Khurana	1,262	1.52	New
	Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh	Jagdish Sharma	472	0.57	New
Margin of victory			1,767	2.13	38.05
Turnout			82,779	65.55	4.69
Registered electors			1,32,344		19.14
	INC hold		Swing	26.08

2000 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Rewari

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ajay Singh Yadav	26,036	28.96	2.27
	Independent	Vijay Somani	21,112	23.49	New
	Independent	Randhir Singh Kapriwas	20,016	22.27	New
	Independent	Rajender Singh	10,167	11.31	New
	BJP	Shiv Rattan Singh	9,006	10.02	12.41
	Independent	Hirdey Ram	1,266	1.41	New
	Independent	Ashok Gulati	624	0.69	New
	HVP	Sheo Lal	542	0.60	New
	Independent	Radhey Shyam	536	0.60	New
Margin of victory			4,924	5.48	3.34
Turnout			89,890	66.90	4.33
Registered electors			1,34,414		1.56
	INC hold		Swing	2.27

2005 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Rewari ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ajay Singh Yadav	48,924	44.72	15.75
	BJP	Randhir Singh Kapriwas	36,145	33.04	23.02
	Independent	Vijay Somany	12,140	11.10	New
	INLD	Thekedar Rajinder Singh	5,840	5.34	New
	BSP	Manjeet	3,003	2.74	New
	Independent	Sudesh	969	0.89	New
	Independent	Rohtash	574	0.52	New
Margin of victory			12,779	11.68	6.20
Turnout			1,09,404	73.77	6.89
Registered electors			1,48,312		10.34
	INC hold		Swing	15.75

2014 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Rewari ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Randhir Singh Kapriwas	81,103	52.92	32.66
	INLD	Satish Yadav	35,637	23.25	20.57
	INC	Ajay Singh Yadav	31,471	20.53	19.78
	BSP	Pritam Kumar	1,312	0.86	4.47
	HJC(BL)	Raghu Yadav	935	0.61	0.36
	Independent	Vijay Somany	784	0.51	New
Margin of victory			45,466	29.66	18.63
Turnout			1,53,268	75.18	2.49
Registered electors			2,03,862		23.04
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	12.60

2009 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Rewari

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ajay Singh Yadav	48,557	40.31	4.40
	Independent	Satish S/O Roshan Lal	35,269	29.28	New
	BJP	Randhir Singh Kapriwas	24,396	20.25	12.78
	BSP	Vijay Somany	6,418	5.33	2.58
	INLD	Anil Kumar	3,225	2.68	2.66
	HJC(BL)	Rajinder Singh	1,164	0.97	New
Margin of victory			13,288	11.03	0.65
Turnout			1,20,446	72.69	1.07
Registered electors			1,65,691		11.72
	INC hold		Swing	4.40

Political career

Singh was a Member of the Legislative Assembly in Haryana for six consecutive terms, totalling 25 years. ^[2]

He held the following offices: ^[2]

• Member, A.I.C.C.
• Member, P.C.C.
• Deputy Leader Congress Legislative Party
• President D.C.C., Rewari
• Secretary, Haryana State Kisan Congress
• Minister for Jails, for Printing & Stationery, for Social Welfare and Women as well as for Child Development
• Officiated C.L.P. Leader in Haryana
• Deputy Leader C.L.P. in Haryana
• AICC State Observer for Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh during Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
• Finance, Irrigation & PWD Minister.
• National Chairman, A.I.C.C. O.B.C. (present)

He has been a Member of Legislative Assembly. On 29 July 2014, Singh resigned from his post and submitted his resignation letter to Bhupinder Singh Hooda. However, Singh has not resigned from the party. ^[6]

Legal issues

Yadav and his sister, Justice Nirmal Yadav of Punjab and Haryana High Court, were accused of influencing a land deal in Solan, Himachal Pradesh in 2008 by putting undue pressure on Panchkula Tehsildar Satish Kumar to issue residence certificate without proper documents. ^[7] Official inquiries supported claims of impropriety, which Yadav denied. ^[8]

References

1. "Excess water flow in rivers play havoc in state - Express India". Archived from the original on 28 July 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
2. "MLA Details". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
3. ANI (25 February 2022). "Congress appoints Capt Ajay Singh Yadav as AICC National Chairman of OBC department". ThePrint. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
4. "Winning Candidate List for Haryana State Assembly Elections 2005". Indian Elections. Archived from the original on 16 October 2009.
5. "Haryana Results". Election Commission of India, Constituencywise-All Candidates. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
6. "Haryana Power Minister Capt Ajay Yadav resigns, slams Hooda for not giving 'respect' in Congress". Patrika Group. No. 29 July 2014. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
7. Haryana Finance Minister and his judge sister bent norms for land deal: probe – Indian Express
8. Chhabra, Arvind (6 April 2011). "Judgment Day". India Today. Retrieved 23 April 2013.