Chandrapal Singh Yadav

Chandrapal Singh Yadav
MP
Preceded by Sujan Singh Bundela
Succeeded by Pradeep Jain Aditya
Constituency Jhansi-Lalitpur
Personal details
Born (1959-03-19) 19 March 1959
Dakor, Uttar Pradesh
Political party Samajwadi Party
Spouse(s) Gyanwati Yadav
Children 1 son and 1 daughter
Residence Jhansi
As of 21 September, 2006

Chandrapal Singh Yadav (born 19 March 1959, Dakor, Uttar Pradesh) is an Indian politician who serves as a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India. He was previously a member of the 14th Lok Sabha (the lower house) for the Jhansi constituency in Uttar Pradesh. He was also a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly between 1996 and 2001.[1]

He was educated at Gorakhpur University and Lucknow University and has M.Sc., M.A. (Geography), B.Ed. and LL.B. degrees.[1] As of 2006, he declared his profession to be an agriculturist. He married Gyanwati Yadav on 1 January 1977, and the couple have a son and a daughter.[1]

Yadav served in the 14th Lok Sabha as a member of the Committee on Estimates, Committee on Energy and Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme.[1]

Yadav has also been involved in public education programs focused on Dalits and has organized public dramatic performances which attack practices that Indian rationalists consider superstitions.[1]

Yadav stood as a candidate in the Indian general election, 2014 from Jhansi constituency[2] and was defeated by Uma Bharti of the BJP.[3][4]

In November 2014 he was one of eleven Samajwadi Party members who joined the Rajya Sabha.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament 14 th Lok Sabha: Yadav, Shri Chandrapal Singh". Government of India. Archived from the original on 21 June 2006. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "Jhansi: Five-way battle". The Economic Times. 9 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "Election Results 2014: Seven Union Ministers taste humiliating defeat in Uttar Pradesh". The Economic Times. 16 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "GENERAL ELECTION TO LOK SABHA TRENDS & RESULT 2014, Uttar Pradesh - Jhansi". ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. 16 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14.
  5. ↑ "11 new members take oath in Rajya Sabha". The Times of India. PTI. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-30.
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