Shivpal Singh Yadav

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Sarla Yadav
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(m. 1981)​
Shivpal Singh Yadav
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Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
17 October 1996
Relations Mulayam Singh Yadav (brother)
Ram Gopal Yadav (cousin)
Akhilesh Yadav (nephew)
Dimple Yadav (Daughter in law)
Dharmendra Yadav (nephew)
Akshay Yadav (nephew)
Tej Pratap Singh Yadav (grand-nephew)
Aditya Yadav (son)
Children2 (1 son & 1 daughter), Including Aditya Yadav (politician)
Parents
  • Sughar Singh Yadav (father)
  • Murti Devi (mother)
Residence(s) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Alma mater K.K. P.G. College, Etawah
Kanpur University (B.A., 1976),
Lucknow Christian College
University of Lucknow (B.P.Ed., 1977) [4]

Shivpal Singh Yadav (born 16 February 1955) is a politician and educationist from Uttar Pradesh, India. He was born in Saifai village, Etawah district, and is a younger brother of Samajwadi Party leader late Mulayam Singh Yadav and uncle of the former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav. He is a Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, representing the Jaswantnagar seat in Etawah district, from 1996 till now. He is also the National General Secretary of Samajwadi Party and was appointed on 29 January 2023.

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In 2018 he founded his own party named Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya), which was merged into Samajwadi Party in 2022. [5]

Early life and education

Shivpal Singh Yadav was born on 16 February 1955 [6] in Saifai village, Etawah district to Sughar Singh Yadav and Murti Devi. He has studied in Kanpur University's K.K. P.G. College, Etawah and University of Lucknow's Lucknow Christian College and earned BA (1976) and BPEd (1977) degrees respectively.

Family

Shivpal is the youngest among 5 brothers. Ratan Singh Yadav, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Abhay Ram Yadav and Rajpal Singh Yadav are his elder brothers. He has 1 sister Kamla Devi Yadav.

Rajya Sabha MP Ram Gopal Yadav and his sister Geeta Yadav are his cousins.

Career

Shivpal Singh Yadav has been the MLA from the Jaswantnagar constituency since 1996.

Yadav was the leader of the opposition in Uttar Pradesh Assembly since 2007 during the Mayawati regime. [7]

Positions held

Shivpal Singh Yadav has served 6 times as MLA. He lost the 17th Lok Sabha election from Firozabad in 2019.

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1.19962002 MLA (1st term) from Jaswantnagar SP
2.20022007 MLA (2nd term) from Jaswantnagar SP
3.20072012 MLA (3rd term) from Jaswantnagar SP
4.20122017 MLA (4th term) from Jaswantnagar SP
5.20172022 MLA (5th term) from Jaswantnagar SP
6.2022Present MLA (6th term) from Jaswantnagar SP

Personal life

Shivpal Singh Yadav is married to Sarla Yadav since 1981 and they have a son Aditya Yadav and daughter Dr. Anubha Yadav. Anubha's husband Ajay Yadav is an IAS officer of 2010 batch and Tamil Nadu cadre. [8] [9]

References

  1. ↑ "मुलायम मंत्रिमंडल का विस्तार | BBC Hindi". Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "यूपी: अखिलेश को सपा की कमान". 4 June 2009.
  3. ↑ "शिवपाल का कद बढ़ा, बने सपा के यूपी प्रभारी". News18 Hindi.
  4. ↑ "Shivpal Singh Yadav(Samajwadi Party(SP)):Constituency- JASWANTNAGAR(ETAWAH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate".
  5. ↑ "State elections 2007 result" . Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  6. ↑ "Shivpal Yadav". India Today. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  7. ↑ "Leader of Opposition, UP Assembly" . Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  8. ↑ "अपने IAS दामाद की पोस्टिंग के लिए शिवपाल ने लिखी पीएम को चिट्ठी, नियमों में ढील देकर केंद्र ने दिया डेप्युटेशन". NDTV India. 26 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "आईएएस दामाद के लिए शिवपाल ने लिखी मोदी को चिट्ठी, पीएम ने तोड़ा नियम". Amar Ujala. 27 July 2016.
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