Vijay Bahadur Yadav

Rambha Devi

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(m. 1989)​

Vijay Bahadur Yadav
Member (MLA) of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 2012–2017
Children	3
Residence(s)	Bharwaliya Bujurg, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
Profession	Business

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

Yadav in his 10-year tenure has faced no corruption charges and has been fairly active in the legislative assembly, though reports say that his assets doubled in 5 years, also he has 8 criminal cases against him. ^[3] He has been credited with 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. ^[4]

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. ^[5]

Political career

• 2007:Elected as member of Legislative Assembly from Maniram, Gorakhpur.
• 2012:Elected as member of legislative Assembly from Gorakhpur Rural.
• 2017:Contested election from Gorakpur Rural, lost by a margin of 4,410 votes. ^[6]

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 ^[7] candidate against BJP. He said he was 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 the Rajya Sabha election Bhartiya Janata Party suspended him from the party. ^[8]

In 2016, he left Bhartiya Janta Party and joined Samajwadi Party.

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. "UP election 2022: पांच साल में दोगुना हुई सपा प्रत्‍याशी विजय बहादुर यादव की संपत्ति, दर्ज हैं आठ मुकदमे". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 18 April 2022.
4. "अखिलेश यादव के सपने को पूरा करना मेरा मकसदः विजय बहादुर यादव-". Amar Ujala. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
5. "Shri Vijay Bahadur Yadav - Profile". Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
6. "GORAKHPUR RURAL Election Result 2017, Uttar Pradesh". NDTV . Retrieved 1 December 2018.
7. PTI (12 June 2018). "BJP Suspends UP Legislator Vijay Bahadur Yadav For Cross Voting". NDTV. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
8. PTI (11 June 2016). "Uttar Pradesh RS polls: BJP MLA Vijay Bahadur Yadav cross-votes". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 7 March 2018.