Shivpal Singh Yadav (born 16 February 1955) is a politician from

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, India. He was born in

Saifai village 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 ...

, Etawah district, and is a younger brother of

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leader

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 uncle of the former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh,

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 * ...

. He is a Member of the

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, representing the

Jaswantnagar Jaswantnagar is a town and a municipal board in Etawah district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Demographics India census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members o ...

seat in Etawah district, from 1996 till now. He is the Founding president of

Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya) Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) (translation: ''Progressive Socialist Party (Lohia)''), earlier known as Samajwadi Secular Morcha, was a political party formed by former cabinet minister of Uttar Pradesh Shivpal Singh Yadav after leaving t ...

Early life

Shivpal Singh 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 ...

village, Etawah district in 1955 to Sughar Singh Yadav and Murti Devi. He has studied in

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and

University of Lucknow The University of Lucknow (informally known as Lucknow University, and LU) is a public state university based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Founded in 1920, the University of Lucknow is one of the oldest government owned institutions of higher ed ...

Family

Shivpal is the youngest among 5 brothers. Ratan Singh Yadav,

, Abhay Ram Yadav and Rajpal Singh Yadav are his elder brothers. He has 1 sister Kamla Devi Yadav. Rajya Sabha MP

Ram Gopal Yadav Ram Gopal Yadav (born 29 June 1946) is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh. He is the Secretary-General of the Samajwadi Party and the Member of Parliament (MP) in Rajya Sabha, since 2008. Yadav also served as Lok Sabha MP of Sambhal from ...

and his sister Geeta Yadav are his cousins.

Career

Shivpal Singh Yadav is the MLA from the

constituency since 1996. Yadav was the leader of Opposition in Uttar Pradesh Assembly since 2007 during the

Mayawati Kumari Mayawati (born 15 January 1956) is an Indian politician. She has served four separate terms as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. She is the national president of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which focuses on a platform of social cha ...

regime.

Positions held

Shivpal Singh Yadav has served 6 times as MLA. He had lost the

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election from

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in 2019.

Personal life

Shivpal Singh Yadav is married to Mrs. Sarla Yadav since 1981 and they have a son Aditya Yadav and daughter Dr. Anubha Yadav. Anubha Yadav is married to Ajay Yadav who is an

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officer of 2010 batch and

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cadre.

References

1954 births Living people People from Saifai Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2007–2012 Samajwadi Party politicians Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University alumni University of Lucknow alumni Leaders of the Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Shivpal Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022 Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya) politicians Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027 Samajwadi Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh {{UttarPradesh-SP-politician-stub