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Shivpal Singh Yadav | |
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| Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 17 October 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Mulayam Singh Yadav |
| Constituency | Jaswantnagar |
| Cabinet Minister in Uttar Pradesh Government | |
| In office 15 March 2012 – 24 October 2016 | |
| In office 6 September 2003[1] – 11 May 2007 | |
| State president, SP in Uttar Pradesh | |
| In office 13 September 2016 – 1 January 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Akhilesh Yadav |
| Succeeded by | Naresh Uttam Patel |
| In office 6 January 2009 – 4 June 2009[2] | |
| Preceded by | Ram Sharan Das |
| Succeeded by | Akhilesh Yadav |
| Uttar Pradesh state Incharge in Samajwadi Party | |
| In office 12 April 2016[3] – 13 September 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Position opened |
| Succeeded by | Position closed |
| Leader of the Opposition, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 26 May 2009 – 9 March 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Mulayam Singh Yadav |
| Succeeded by | Swami Prasad Maurya |
| President of Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya) | |
| In office 28 August 2018 – 10 December 2022 | |
| Preceded by | position established |
| Succeeded by | position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 February 1955 Saifai, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Political party |  Samajwadi Party (until 2017; 2022-present) |
| Other political affiliations | Independent (2017-2018), Samajwadi Secular Morcha (2018) and Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya) (2018-2022) |
| Spouse | Sarla Yadav (m. 1981) |
| 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) |
| Children | 2 (1 son & 1 daughter), Including Aditya Yadav (politician) |
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| 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.
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
[edit]Shivpal Singh Yadav was born in Saifai village, Etawah district in 1955 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
[edit]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
[edit]Shivpal Singh Yadav is the MLA from the Jaswantnagar constituency since 1996.
Yadav was the leader of Opposition in Uttar Pradesh Assembly since 2007 during the Mayawati regime.[6]
Positions held
[edit]Shivpal Singh Yadav has served 6 times as MLA. He had lost the 17th Lok Sabha election from Firozabad in 2019.
| # | From | To | Position | Party |
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| 1. | 1996 | 2002 | MLA (1st term) from Jaswantnagar | SP |
| 2. | 2002 | 2007 | MLA (2nd term) from Jaswantnagar | SP |
| 3. | 2007 | 2012 | MLA (3rd term) from Jaswantnagar | SP |
| 4. | 2012 | 2017 | MLA (4th term) from Jaswantnagar | SP |
| 5. | 2017 | 2022 | MLA (5th term) from Jaswantnagar | SP |
| 6. | 2022 | Present | MLA (6th term) from Jaswantnagar | SP |
Personal life
[edit]Shivpal Singh Yadav is married to Mrs. Sarla Yadav since 1981 and they have a son Aditya Yadav and daughter Dr. Anubha Yadav. Anubha Yadav is married to Ajay Yadav who is an IAS officer of 2010 batch and Tamil Nadu cadre.[7][8]
Educational organizations
[edit]He established schools named S.S. Memorial Senior Secondary Public School, Saifai and Sughar Singh Memorial Shiksha Niketan Inter College, Saifai in 1990s, in the memory of his father. He is manager of colleges named Chaudhary Charan Singh Post Graduate College and Chaudhary Charan Singh College of Law, both colleges established by his elder brother Mulayam Singh Yadav. He also established a teachers' training college named S.S. Memorial Educational Academy, Saifai in 2012, a degree college named S.S. Memorial Mahavidyalaya, Takha in 2013 and a pharmacy diploma college named S.S. Memorial College of Pharmacy, Saifai in 2023. As of September 2023, he is manager of 6 schools and 5 colleges, which include one CBSE Board school, 5 State Board schools, 2 multidisciplinary (degree/post graduate) colleges, one law college, one teachers' training college and one pharmacy diploma college.
References
[edit]- ^ "मुलायम मंत्रिमंडल का विस्तार | BBC Hindi". Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ^ "यूपी: अखिलेश को सपा की कमान". 4 June 2009.
- ^ "शिवपाल का कद बढ़ा, बने सपा के यूपी प्रभारी". News18 Hindi.
- ^ "Shivpal Singh Yadav(Samajwadi Party(SP)):Constituency- JASWANTNAGAR(ETAWAH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate".
- ^ "State elections 2007 result". Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- ^ "Leader of Opposition, UP Assembly". Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "आईएएस दामाद के लिए शिवपाल ने लिखी मोदी को चिट्ठी, पीएम ने तोड़ा नियम". Amar Ujala. 27 July 2016.