This article's tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia.(September 2022) |
Tejashwi Yadav | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5th Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 10 August 2022 –28 January 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Governor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ministry and Departments |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Renu Devi Tarkishore Prasad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Samrat Choudhary Vijay Kumar Sinha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 20 November 2015 –26 July 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Governor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ministry and Departments |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Sushil Kumar Modi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Sushil Kumar Modi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22nd Leader of the Opposition Bihar Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 16 February 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Vijay Kumar Sinha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 28 July 2017 –9 August 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Prem Kumar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Vijay Kumar Sinha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 1 December 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Satish Kumar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Constituency | Raghopur | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Tejashwi Prasad Yadav 9 November 1989 Gopalganj,Bihar,India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Rashtriya Janata Dal (2015-present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Rajshree Yadav (Rachel Godinho) (m. 2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Tej Pratap Yadav (brother) Misa Bharti (sister) Tej Pratap Singh Yadav (brother-in-law) Chiranjeev Rao (brother-in-law) Sadhu Yadav (uncle) Subhash Prasad Yadav (uncle) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Parents |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence(s) | 5, Desh Ratna Marg, Patna, Bihar, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cricket information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2012 | Delhi Daredevils | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2013 | Jharkhand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 10 November 2009 Jharkhand v Vidarbha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
List A debut | 14 February 2010 Jharkhand v Orissa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last List A | 16 February 2010 Jharkhand v Tripura | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source:ESPNcricinfo,2 May,2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tejashwi Prasad Yadav (born 9 November 1989) is an Indian politician and former professional cricketer who served as the 5th Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar from 10 August 2022 to 28 January 2024. [2]
He also served as the Minister of Health and Family Welfare,Minister of Road Construction and Public Works Department,Minister of Urban Development and Housing as well as the Minister of Rural Works and Development in the Bihar Government. A member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Raghopur Assembly constituency since 2015,Yadav leads the Rashtriya Janata Dal—the single largest political party in the state of Bihar,and is the chairperson of the Mahagathbandhan alliance,the coalition currently in Opposition. As a professional cricketer,he was in the Delhi Daredevils and the Jharkhand cricket team. [3] [4] He is noted to have been both the youngest Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and the youngest Leader of Opposition in India during the respective periods. [5] [6] Yadav was featured in the Indian Express '100 Most Powerful Indians' in 2020 and 2021. [7]
Yadav was born in Gopalganj,Bihar,on 9 November 1989 to Rabri Devi and Lalu Prasad Yadav,both of whom were members of the Bihar Legislative Assembly and later became the Chief Ministers of Bihar. [6] [8] [9] He is one of nine siblings (seven sisters and two brothers),among whom he is the youngest. [10] He began his schooling in Patna and later moved to Delhi,accompanying his eldest sister,Misa Bharti. [5] In Delhi,Yadav initially attended Delhi Public School in Vasant Vihar for primary classes till Class V. [5] [11]
Yadav studied at Delhi Public School,R. K. Puram but dropped out. [5] [11] He did not complete his class 10th exam. [12] [13]
On 9 December 2021,Yadav married his long-time friend Rajshree Yadav (Rachel Godinho). [14] [15] She is from Rewari in Haryana and has been living in Delhi since childhood. [16] [17] Rajshree and Yadav studied together at DPS school in RK Puram,New Delhi. [18]
As a child,he was the school cricket team's captain. [11] From Class VI onwards,he began attending Delhi Public School,R. K. Puram. [5] [11] He played in the school's cricket team and was selected for the U-15 cricket team of Delhi as an all rounder at the age of 13. [5] [11] His team also included Virat Kohli as its captain. [10] The U-15 team won the national championship,where Yadav had a match winning partnership with Ishant Sharma in the finals. [5] He dropped out of his school in Class X to pursue a sports career [19] and was eventually got into U-17 and U-19 cricket team of Delhi. [5] [11] He was also selected in the list of standby players for the world cup winning U-19 Indian national cricket team,later in the same year. [5] Yadav was contracted by the Delhi Daredevils for the 2008 Indian Premier League franchise. [8] [11] He remained in the reserve bench of the team for the entire seasons between 2008 and 2012. [20]
He was also selected for the state level Jharkhand cricket team in 2009. [21] His professional cricket debut began with 4 Twenty20 matches,primarily,in the capacity of a bowler in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. [22] Following when he was called for a first class game against Vidarbha cricket team at Dhanbad, [21] [22] he was fielded as the number 7 batsman and bowled in 5 overs. In 2010,he made his one-day debut in the Vijay Hazare Trophy and played two matches against Odisha cricket team and the Tripura cricket team,respectively;his team lost the first match and won the second one,and Yadav took a wicket against Tripura. [22]
In 2013,Yadav retired from his cricket career. [23] According to his team coaches,he had the potential for success in his cricket career but was let down by the lack of adequate facilities for sportsmen in Bihar;the state also lacked a domestic cricket team,which caused Yadav to move to another state like most other Bihari players where local players were prioritised for playing matches. [23]
Since 2010,while still pursuing his cricket career,Yadav had begun campaigning for the Rashtriya Janata Dal. [24] Following his advent into politics,he was credited with successfully modernizing campaigning strategies and initiating digital outreach for the party. [8] According to Rashtriya Janata Dal insiders,Yadav had also convinced Lalu Prasad to form a coalition with Nitish Kumar and his Janata Dal (United) following the poor performance of both the parties in the 2014 Indian general election in Bihar. [11] Eventually an alliance was formed between the Janata Dal (United),Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Indian National Congress. [25]
In the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election,Yadav stood as the candidate of the Mahagathbandan (Grand Alliance) and was elected as the representative of the Raghopur constituency. [26] The election also resulted in an overwhelming majority for the alliance in the assembly, [27] which led to Yadav being appointed the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and received the portfolios of public works,forestry and environment in the 5th Nitish Kumar cabinet. [11] [28]
In 2017,the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a case and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) launched a probe in relation to money laundering in a 2004 corruption case involving the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation,against Yadav and other members of his family including his parents Rabri Devi and Lalu Prasad Yadav. [29] [30] This caused Nitish Kumar to pull the Janata Dal (United),out of the alliance and form a new government along with the Bharatiya Janata Party. [20] [31] Subsequently,Yadav became the leader of opposition owing to the Rashtriya Janata Dal being the largest party in the state legislature. [32] [33] In response to the case lodged against him,Yadav accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of abusing government machinery to carry out political schemes. [34] In 2018,he was granted relief in the case by the Delhi High Court after maintaining he could not have played a role as the allegation was leveled on him at a time when he was only 14 years old. [35]
By March 2018,Yadav had become the de facto leader of the Rashtriya Janata Dal. [32] [36] Upon appointment,he issued an official apology addressing the people of Bihar for "lapses and mistakes" that may have been committed by the party during its tenure in the state government and that he himself was unaware of them being too young at the time. [37] During his term as the leader of opposition,Yadav later became involved in organising food relief in the aftermath of the 2019 Bihar floods. [38]
Yadav led the Rashtriya Janata Dal in the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly elections,as the Chief Ministerial candidate of the Mahagathbandhan. The alliance won 110 seats in total out of 243,with RJD winning 75 seats,continuing to remain the single largest political party in Bihar. Since the majority required was 122,the alliance was unable to form the government,and Yadav was elected as the Leader of Opposition of Bihar.
On 10 August 2022,he took oath as the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar with Nitish Kumar taking oath as Chief Minister as part of the Mahagathbandan formed with RJD,Congress and other Opposition Parties. [39]
In 2024,Nitish Kumar left the Mahagathbandhan and formed the government with BJP,effectively terminating Yadav's tenure as deputy chief minister once again.
On January 18,2025,Tejashwi Yadav was granted powers equivalent to those of Lalu Prasad Yadav,enabling him to make decisions regarding party amendments,ticket distribution,and the party symbol. This decision was made by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) national executive committee,effectively establishing Tejashwi as the de facto president of the party. [40] [41]
Lalu Prasad is an Indian politician and president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). He is a former Chief Minister of Bihar (1990-1997),a former Railway Minister of India (2004-2009),and a former Member of Parliament (MP) of the Lok Sabha &Rajya Sabha.
The Rashtriya Janata Dal is an Indian political party,mainly based in the state of Bihar. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav.
Nitish Kumar is an Indian politician who has been serving as the 22nd chief minister of Bihar since 22 February 2015,having previously held the office from 2005 to 2014 and for a short period in 2000. He is Bihar's longest serving chief minister whilst also holding the post for his 9th term.
Raghunath Jha was an Indian politician who was Union minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise and member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Bettiah constituency of Bihar and was a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) political party. Born in Village Amba Ojha Tola,in Sheohar He started his career by becoming the Mukhiya of his home panchayat in the year 1967. Thereafter,in 1967 he became Chairman of Zila Parishad. He started his legislative career in 1972 when he was elected as a MLA on Congress Ticket. He was elected from Sheohar for a record six consecutive terms before 1998. He was twice elected as a Member of Parliament from Gopalganj and Bettiah respectively.
Alok Kumar Mehta is an Indian politician from the state of Bihar. He is a founder member of Rashtriya Janata Dal and has served as Principal General Secretary of the party. Mehta is said to be political mentor of Tejashwi Yadav.
Shyam Rajak is an Indian Leader from Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD),previously serving as the Minister for Industries in the Government of Bihar under Nitish Kumar. He has previously served as Minister for Food and Consumer Protection from 2010-2015 in the JD(U) Government. He has also served as Minister of State for Energy,Public Relations Department and Law in Bihar government in the RJD rule under Rabri Devi. He is whip for main opposition party in Bihar legislative Assembly.
Legislative Assembly elections were held in February 2000,to elect the 324 members of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. The Rashtriya Janata Dal won the most seats,but a short-lived government was formed by an alliance that included the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Samata Party. The voter turnout in 2000 assembly polls was 62.6%.
Abdul Ghafoor: was an Indian politician who served as Minister of Minority Welfare in government of Bihar from 20 November 2015 to 26 July 2017. He served as a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly representing Mahishi vidhan sabha for 4 terms in 1995,2000,2010 and 2015. His political party was Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).
Jagada Nand Singh is an Indian politician. He is son of Lt. Ramruchi Singh and has done LLB from Harish Chander College in Varanasi in the year 1973. He was a member of the Indian Parliament and represented Buxar in the 15th Lok Sabha from RJD. He was also a 6 term MLA of RJD from Ramgarh Constituency before he became an MP from Buxar of RJD. He is State President of Rashtriya Janata Dal of Bihar.
Upendra Kumar Singh,commonly known as Upendra Kushwaha is an Indian politician,and a former Member of Bihar Legislative Council and Bihar Legislative Assembly. He has also served as Minister of State for Human Resources and Development in the Government of India. Kushwaha is a former Member of Parliament (MP) from the Karakat constituency in Rohtas district,Bihar,and a former member of the Rajya Sabha. He was the leader of Rashtriya Samata Party (RSP),his own party,which merged into Janata Dal (United) (JDU) in 2009. Later,he formed Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP),which also merged with JD(U) in 2021. On 20 February 2023,Kushwaha resigned from all positions in Janata Dal (United) and formed his own party called Rashtriya Lok Morcha due to his political problems with JD(U) and Nitish Kumar. Kushwaha contested the Lok Sabha election of 2024 from Karakat constituency and finished at a distant third position. However,he was elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha in August 2024.
The Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) was an unrecognised registered political party in India. It was nationally launched by Sharad Yadav and Ali Anwar in May 2018. The party was formed after Yadav parted ways from Janata Dal (United),due to its alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar. Sharad Yadav merged with Rashtriya Janata Dal but not the whole Lokatantrik Janata Dal. After Sharad Yadav's death in 2023,the party made his president Javed Raza.
Rama Kishore Singh is an Indian politician and is a former member of the Indian Parliament from Vaishali,Bihar. He won the 2014 Indian general election as a Lok Jan Shakti Party candidate. He defeated vice-president of RJD Raghuvansh Prasad Singh by around 1 lakh votes. He enjoys considerable support from the Rajput caste despite having criminal antecedent. He quit all party posts he held on 15 September 2015.
Jitan Ram Manjhi is an Indian politician,serving as the Minister of Micro,Small and Medium Enterprises since 2024. He is currently a Member of Parliament from Gaya constituency and was Bihar's 23rd Chief Minister from 20 May 2014 to 20 February 2015. He was the founding President of Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM). Previously,he had served as minister for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes welfare in Nitish Kumar's cabinet. He has been a minister in several Bihar state governments,under multiple chief ministers like Chandrashekhar Singh,Bindeshwari Dubey,Satyendra Narayan Sinha,Jagannath Mishra,Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi.
Mahagathbandhan,also known as Grand Alliance,is a coalition of political parties in the Eastern state of Bihar in India,formed ahead of the 2015 Vidhan Sabha elections in Bihar. The alliance consists of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD),Indian National Congress (INC) and Left parties including Communist Party of India (CPI),Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation-CPIML (Liberation) and Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM),with Tejashwi Yadav as the chairperson.
Manoj Kumar Jha is an Indian politician who is a member of Rajya Sabha in Indian Parliament and a member of Rashtriya Janata Dal. He currently serves as the national spokesperson of the Rashtriya Janata Dal. On 15 March 2018,he was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from the state of Bihar. Jha completed his master's degree from Department of Social Work from Delhi University in 1992 and PhD in 2000. He has been a professor at the Department of Social Work University Of Delhi,and its head between 2014 and 2017.
Md. Nematullah is an Indian politician from Bihar,belonging to Janata Dal (United) aka JD(U). He was also the vice-president of JD(U) between 2009-10. During the general elections in 2009,he was one of the top contenders for contesting from Siwan district.
Ramai Ram was an Indian politician from Bihar. He was a prominent Dalit leader. He was associated with many political parties in his 50 year long political career;Janta Paty,Rashtriya Janta Dal,Janata Dal(United) and VIP. He was nine times MLA from Bochahan constituency of Muzaffarpur district in Bihar.
Jayant Raj Kushwaha is an Indian politician,Member of Legislative Assembly from the Amarpur of Bihar,and Minister of Rural Work in the Government of Bihar. In the 2020 election,he defeated Jitendra Singh of the Indian National Congress. While Raj secured 33.13% of votes polled,Singh,the runner up,finished with 31.23% of the votes. Raj is a member of Janata Dal (United),the ruling party of Bihar.
The Luv-Kush equation is a political term used in the context of the politics of Bihar,to denote the alliance of the agricultural Kurmi and the Koeri caste,which was assumed to be approximately 15% of the state's population The alliance of these two caste groups has remained the support base of Nitish Kumar,as against the MY equation of Lalu Prasad Yadav,which constitutes Muslims and the Yadavs. Caste consciousness and the quest for political representation largely drive the politics of Bihar. The political alliance of the Koeri and the Kurmi castes,termed the "Luv-Kush equation" was formed when a massive Kurmi Chetna Rally was organised by members of the Kurmi community in 1994 against the alleged casteist politics of Lalu Yadav,who was blamed by contemporary community leaders for promoting Yadavs in politics and administration.
Sanjay Yadav is an Indian politician from Haryana,who has been serving as Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha from Bihar since 2024. He is a member of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD),and known as a senior political advisor to its leader Tejashwi Yadav,son of Lalu Prasad Yadav.
{{cite news}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link)