Giridhari Yadav
Giridhari Yadav[1] (born 14 April 1961) is an Indian politician. He is currently a member of the Lok Sabha
Giridhari Yadav | |
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Member of 17th Lok Sabha | |
Assumed office 2019 | |
Constituency | Banka, Bihar |
Member of Bihar Vidhan Sabha | |
In office 2010–2019 | |
Constituency | Belhar, Bihar |
Member of the 11th Lok sabha | |
In office 1996–1998 | |
Constituency | Banka, Bihar |
Member of Bihar Vidhan Sabha | |
In office 2000–2004 | |
Constituency | Katoria, Bihar |
Member of 14th Lok Sabha | |
In office 2004–2009 | |
Constituency | Banka, Bihar |
Member of Bihar Vidhan Sabha | |
In office 1995–1996 | |
Constituency | Katoria, Bihar |
Member of Bihar Vidhan Sabha | |
In office 2000–2004 | |
Constituency | Katoria, Bihar |
Personal details | |
Born | Banka, Bihar | 14 April 1961
Political party | JD(U) |
Spouse(s) | Sumitra Yadav |
Children | 2 sons and 1 daughter |
Residence | Banka, Bihar |
As of 15 July, 2019 Source: |
. He represents the Banka of and is a member of the Janata Dal (United) political party.
He has been elected thrice into the Lok sabha[2] and four times in Bihar Legislative Assembly.[3] He was elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly and 11th lok Sabha with Janata Dal, while he was in RJD he was elected to Bihar Vidhan Sabha and 14th Lok sabha.[4] He joined JD(U) in 2010 and has been elected twice to Bihar Vidhan Sabha with JDU(U) and 17th Lok Sabha.
Early life
Giridhari Yadav was born on 14 April 1961 in Banka, Bihar.[5] His father, Dhano Yadav, was a master in Indian Railways;[6] his mother is Jagti Devi. He is one of seven children of Dhano and Jagti.
Yadav earned a B.A. degree in History from Bhagalpur University in 1982.[7] Then he moved to Madhya Pradesh to pursue postgraduate studies at DHG University, Sagar where he obtained M.A. in History[8] and later obtained LLB in Law from Bhagalpur University at the age of 33.[9] He married Sumitra Devi in 1976 and has one daughter and two sons.
Early career
Giridhari Yadav was a history student in Madhya Pradesh and started his political career in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh as a youth co-ordinator in Indian Youth Congress in the Rajiv Gandhi Government, (1983-1985) he was said to be close to former chief minister Arjun Singh, B.R. Yadav, Santosh Sahu.
Political career
Giridhari Yadav belongs to a socialist class of politicians. He was in Indian Youth Congress during Rajiv Gandhi's tenure and was associated with the likes of V. P. Singh. He went back to Bihar after campaigning in Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections, in August, 1994 and worked as a party worker for Janata Dal, in 1995 he got the party ticket to contest from Katoria, Bihar in the Bihar Legislative Assembly elections.[10] After his triumphant victory in Bihar Legislative Assembly elections he went on to win the 11th Lok Sabha for Banka, Bihar.
In 1997, Yadav was one of seventeen Lok Sabha MPs to form Rashtriya Janata Dal(RJD) as a break away party from Janata Dal in New Delhi.[11] He lost to Digvijay Singh in 12th Lok Sabha elections on RJD ticket by less than 1% of total votes. He got elected as MLA for second time from Katoria, Bihar in 2000, and in 1999 came close to winning 13th Lok Sabha as an independent candidate losing only by a margin of 2% of total votes.[12]
In 2004 he successfully defeated Digvijay Singh and was elected to 14th Lok Sabha. After being denied a party ticket by RJD while being a sitting MP, Giridhari Yadav had a fall out with Lalu Prasad Yadav. In 2010 he joined Janata Dal (United) and was elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly from Belhar, Bihar. He became the General Secretary of JD(U) in 2014, he resigned from the post in 2015 after being issued a notice for mingling with alliance RJD leader Mohd. Shahabuddin.[13] He won his fourth Bihar Legislative Assembly in 2015 and currently serves as MLA for Belhar, Bihar.
Positions held
Period | Positions | Note |
1983-1985 | Youth Coordinator, Indian Youth Congress | |
1995-1996 | Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly | 1st term in Bihar Vidhan Sabha |
1995-1996 | Member, Public Accounts Committee, Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
1995 | Whip Janata Dal | |
1996-1998 | Elected to 11th Lok Sabha | 1st term in Lok Sabha |
1996 | Member, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas | |
2000-2004 | Re-Elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly | 2nd Term in Bihar Vidhan Sabha |
2004-2009 | Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha | 2nd term in Lok Sabha |
2004 | Member, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industry | |
2010-2015 | Re-elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly | 3rd term in Bihar Vihdan Sabha |
2010 | Member, Estimates committee, Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
2013 | Member, Public Accounts Committee, Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
2014 | General Secretary, Janata Dal(United) | |
2015 | Re-elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly | 4th term in Bihar Vidhan Sabha |
2015 | Member, Library Committee | |
2019 | Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha | 3rd term in Lok Sabha |
2019 | Member, Standing Committee on Finance |
References
- "Bihar Vidhan Sabha Members" (PDF).
- India, Press Trust of (17 April 2019). "5 LS seats go to polls in Bihar in phase 2". Business Standard India. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- "Members of Vidhan Sabha Bihar" (PDF).
- PatnaApril 24, Amitabh Srivastava; April 24, 2009UPDATED; Ist, 2009 14:42. "Digvijay, Girdhari bank on Banka". India Today. Retrieved 13 May 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- "Giridhari Yadav(Janata Dal (United)(JD(U))):Constituency- BELHAR(BANKA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- "Affidavit of 2015 elections".
- "Affidavit 2004 elections".
- "Affidavit 2004 Lok Sabha elections".
- "Affidavit of 2004 Lok Sabha elections".
- "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1995". www.elections.in. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- "Rashtriya Janata Dal | political party, India". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- "Banka(Bihar) Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 with Sitting MP and Party Name". www.elections.in. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- "JD(U) may take action against MLA Giridhari Yadav for mingling with Shahabuddin". Firstpost. Retrieved 14 May 2019.