Giridhari Yadav (born 14 April 1961) is an Indian politician. He is currently a member of the Lok Sabha. He represents Banka and is a member of the Janata Dal (United) political party. Yadav has been elected thrice into the Lok sabha and four times in Bihar Legislative Assembly. He was elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly and

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with Janata Dal, while he was in RJD he was elected to Bihar Vidhan Sabha and

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. Yadav joined

JD(U) Janata Dal (United) ("People’s Party (United)”) abbreviated as JD(U) is an Indian political party with political presence mainly in eastern and north-eastern India. JD(U) is recognised as a state party in the states of Bihar , Arunachal Pr ...

in 2010 and has been elected twice to Bihar Vidhan Sabha with JDU(U) and

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Early life

Giridhari Yadav was born on 14 April 1961 in Banka, Bihar. His father, Dhano Yadav, was a school teacher in Indian Railways; 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 Tilka Majhi Bhagalpur University, formerly Bhagalpur University, is a public university in Bhagalpur, Bihar, India. It was established on 12 July 1960, having local colleges initially associated with Patna University. Its campus is around in a ...

in 1982. Then he moved to Madhya Pradesh to pursue postgraduate studies at DHG University, Sagar where he obtained M.A. in History and later obtained LLB in Law from

at the age of 33. Yadav 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

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Government (1983-1985). He was said to be close to former chief minister Arjun Singh, B.R. Yadav and Santosh Sahu.

Political career

Giridhari Yadav belongs to a socialist class of politicians. He was in Indian Youth Congress during

's tenure and was associated with the likes of

V. P. Singh Vishwanath Pratap Singh (25 June 1931 – 27 November 2008), shortened to V. P. Singh, was an Indian politician who was the 7th Prime Minister of India from 1989 to 1990 and the 41st Raja Bahadur of Manda. He is India's only prime minister to ...

. Yadav 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 Katoria is a community development block and Nagar Panchayat in Banka district, Bihar, India. It is one of the part of 11 blocks that make up the Banka district. It is part of Banka Lok Sabha constituency Banka, Bihar, Banka Lok Sabha con ...

, Bihar in the Bihar Legislative Assembly elections. After Yadav's triumphant victory in Bihar Legislative Assembly elections, he went on to win the

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for

Banka, Bihar Banka is a city and a municipality serving as district headquarters. It is one of the most important business hubs in Bihar. It is the 10th largest city within Bihar. The city is historically very important because of Mandar Hill where Samudra Ma ...

. In 1997, Yadav was one of seventeen Lok Sabha MPs to form

Rashtriya Janata Dal The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: ''National People's Party'') is an Indian political party, based in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Kerala. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav. The party's support base has tradit ...

(RJD) as a break away party from Janata Dal in New Delhi. He lost to Digvijay Singh in

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elections on RJD ticket by less than 1% of total votes. Yadav got elected as MLA for second time from

, Bihar in 2000, and in 1999 came close to winning

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as an independent candidate losing only by a margin of 2% of total votes. In 2004, Yadav successfully defeated Digvijay Singh and was elected to

14th Lok Sabha The 14th Lok Sabha (17 May 2004 – 18 May 2009) was convened after the 2004 Indian general election held in four phases during 20 April – 10 May 2004, which led to the formation of first Manmohan Singh ministry (2004–2009). Indian Nationa ...

. 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, Yadav joined Janata Dal (United) and was elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly from Belhar, Bihar. He became the General Secretary of

in 2014. Yadav resigned from the post in 2015 after being issued a notice for mingling with alliance RJD leader Mohd. Shahabuddin. He won his fourth Bihar Legislative Assembly in 2015 and currently serves as MLA for Belhar, Bihar.

Positions held

References

External links

Home Page on the Parliament of India's Website

RJD MLAs clash in Banka town
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