Vijendra Kumar Yadav (born 1962) is an Indian politician and a member of

Bihar Legislative Assembly The Bihar Legislative Assembly, also known as the Bihar Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of the Bihar Legislature where the first elections were held in 1952. The total strength of membership in the Assembly was 331, including one nominated m ...

of India. He represented the

Sandesh Sandesh may refer to: *Sandesh (confectionery), a Bengali sweet prepared in Bangladesh and India *Sandesh (magazine), ''Sandesh'' (magazine), a children's magazine in West Bengal *Sandesh (Indian newspaper), ''Sandesh'' (Indian newspaper), a Gujara ...

constituency in Bhojpur district of

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...

. He was elected in 2000 as a member of

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) but later left the party to join

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 ...

Career

Vijendra Yadav become first time MLA in 2000 from

constituency by defeating Rameshwar Prasad (sitting MLA) and Sondhari Singh Yadav of

Samata Party The Samata Party (SAP) is a political party in India, initially formed in 1994 by George Fernandes and Nitish Kumar, now led by Uday Mandal its National President. Samata Party once launched Nitish Kumar as the Chief Minister of Bihar. It was ...

(ex-MLA). Vijendra Yadav lost the

February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election Bihar Assembly elections were held twice in the year 2005. There was a fractured verdict in February 2005 Assembly Election. Since no government could be formed in Bihar, fresh elections were held in October–November the same year. Schedule ...

to Rameshwar Prasad, but again re-elected to same constituency in October 2005 and remained till 2010. In 2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Vijendra Yadav and his younger brother

Arun Yadav Arun Subhashchandra Yadav (born 15 January 1974) is an Indian politician and former member of 14th Lok Sabha and 15th Lok Sabha. He is a member of Indian National Congress party. On 13 January 2014, he was ap ...

both contested against each other from

constituency. But both of them lost to

Sanjay Singh Tiger Sanjay Singh Tiger (born 1974) is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Bhojpur district, Bihar. He has served as MLA in Bihar Legislative Assembly representing the Sandesh constituency from 2010 to 2015. Currently, he ...

of the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

(BJP).

Family

His younger brother

was MLA of

from 2015 to 2020. In

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election The Bihar Legislative Assembly election was held in three phases through October–November to elect members to the Seventeenth Bihar Legislative Assembly. The term of the previous Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Bihar ended on 29 November 20 ...

, Vijendra Yadav lost to his sister-in-law

Kiran Devi Yadav Kiran Devi Yadav (born 1974) is an Indian politician and a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. She is representing the Sandesh constituency in Bhojpur district of Bihar and was elected in 2020 as a member of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Fam ...

RJD 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 ...

. Kiran Yadav is wife of Arun Yadav.

References

Rashtriya Janata Dal politicians Bihar MLAs 2000–2005 Bihar MLAs 2005–2010 People from Arrah Living people 1962 births Janata Dal (United) politicians {{Bihar-politician-stub