Dharmendra Yadav (born 3 February 1979) is an Indian politician from

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. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) in the

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representing

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constituency as

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candidate.

Early life and education

Dharmendra Yadav was born in

Saifai Saifai is a large village and university town in the Etawah district of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is also a sub-division (Tehsil) and Block (''Kshetra Panchayat'') of the Etawah district. It is the birthplace of Mulayam Singh Yadav, th ...

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on 3 February 1979 to Abhay Ram Yadav and Jay Devi. His father Abhay Ram Yadav is the younger brother of

Mulayam Singh Yadav Mulayam Singh Yadav (22 November 1939 – 10 October 2022) was an Indian politician, a socialist figure and the founder of the Samajwadi Party. In the course of his political career spanning more than six decades, he served for three terms as ...

and elder brother of

Shivpal Singh Yadav Shivpal Singh Yadav (born 16 February 1955) is a politician from Uttar Pradesh, India. He was born in Saifai village, Etawah district, and is a younger brother of Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav and uncle of the former Chief Minist ...

's President

Akhilesh Yadav Akhilesh is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Akhilesh Das (1961–2017), educationist, professor, Indian politician and philanthropist * Akhilesh K. Gaharwar (born 1982), Indian academic and Professor at Texas A&M University * ...

is Dharmendra's cousin. He received a

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degree and a MA degree in political Science from the

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Family

He has one brother Anurag Yadav and two sisters Sandhya Yadav and Sheela Yadav. Sheela's son Rahul Yadav is married to Dr Isha Yadav, daughter of

Sadhu Yadav Anirudh Prasad Yadav, better known as Sadhu Yadav (born 5 July 1967), is an Indian politician and founder of Garib Janta Dal (Secular). He has served in 14th Lok Sabha as MP of Gopalganj from 2004 to 2009 as Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candid ...

. His brother Anurag Yadav contested the 2017 UP assembly election from

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Personal life

Dharmendra Yadav married Neelam Yadav on 12 February 2010.

Political career

He was elected to the

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in 2004 from

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and re-elected to the

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in 2009 and

in 2014 from

. He has been a member of the standing committees on defence, rural development, information technology and agriculture. He lost the 2019

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election from Badaun by around 18,000 votes. In June 2022

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by-poll he lost the election by around 8,600 votes.

Positions held

Dharmendra Yadav has been elected 3 times as

MP.

References

India MPs 2014–2019 Living people People from Saifai 1979 births Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh Samajwadi Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh India MPs 2004–2009 India MPs 2009–2014 People from Etawah district Yadav family of Uttar Pradesh {{UttarPradesh-SP-politician-stub