Jokhu Lal Yadav is an Indian politician from

Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; translation: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi but mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with significant presence in other states as w ...

. Who has been MLA many times from Handia and Pratappur of

Prayagraj Allahabad (), officially known as Prayagraj, also known as Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi (Benares). It is the administrat ...

District.

Early life

Yadav was born on August 16, 1956, in Dubki Khurd village of

Allahabad Allahabad (), officially known as Prayagraj, also known as Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi (Benares). It is the administrat ...

. His father's name is Ranga Bahadur Yadav, He married to Shobha Yadav on February 22, 1978, He has four sons and three daughters.

Political life

Yadav was involved in politics during his student life, he was elected as the general secretary of the Mathematics Council of the

Allahabad University , mottoeng = "As Many Branches So Many Trees" , established = , type = Public , chancellor = Ashish Chauhan , vice_chancellor = Sangita Srivastava , head_label ...

during 1979–1980. In the academic session 1980-1981, He was Elected President of Students' Union of C.M.P. Degree College (a constituent College of University of Allahabad). He was elected member of the Legislative Assembly for the first time in support of the alliance of the

and the

Bahujan Samaj Party The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a national level political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), alon ...

from the

Handia Assembly constituency Handia is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Handia in the Prayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Handia is one of five assembly constituencies in the Bhadohi Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, ...

in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Elections 1993, Elected MLA for the second time in the year 1996, and for the third time in the year 2007 as a

candidate from Pratappur. From 2003 to 2007, he was also a District President of

Allahabad unit. Prior to this, he was also has been District President of

Allahabad unit from 1990 to 1994.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yadav, Jokhu Lal Living people Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1993–1996 Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1997–2002 Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2007–2012 Bahujan Samaj Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Samajwadi Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh 1956 births University of Allahabad alumni