Yogendra Sao is an Indian politician from the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

party. He is a former agriculture minister in the

Government of Jharkhand The Government of Jharkhand also known as the State Government of Jharkhand, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Jharkhand and its 24 districts. It consists of an executive, led by the Gover ...

, where under his leadership Jharkhand state got first rank for pulse seed production across India. He was the representative from

Barkagaon Barkagaon is a village in the Barkagaon CD block in the Hazaribagh Sadar subdivision of the Hazaribagh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Barkagaon is located at . Area overview Hazaribagh district is a plateau are ...

constituency in the

Jharkhand Legislative Assembly The Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha or the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Jharkhand. List of assemblies See also *List of Chief Ministers of Jharkhand *List of constituencies of the Jharkhand Legislative Asse ...

during 2009-2014. Former minister fought for the right of displaced people and organised a series of protests by the residents of Barkagaon and Keredari Block under the leadership of Mr. Sao resulted in the raising of compensation rate payable to the owners of the land acquired by NTPC. The negotiations began at Rs. 3 lakh per acre and were finally settled at Rs. 15 lakh to Rs. 20 lakh per acre way back in 2015 through a tripartite agreement signed among the NTPC, State Government and the agitating villagers represented by Sao. Soon after the agreement, a series of cases were lodged against Sao and his wife pursuant to which he surrendered at a court in

Ranchi Ranchi (, ) is the capital of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Ranchi was the centre of the Jharkhand movement, which called for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar, northern Odisha, western West Bengal and the eastern area ...

, where he was remanded in custody with his conditional bail cancelled, on multiple charges related to rioting and inciting of violence. Out of the several cases that were registered, Sao has been acquitted in 11 cases but convicted in one.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sao, Yogendra Indian National Congress politicians State cabinet ministers of Jharkhand Living people People from Hazaribagh district Year of birth missing (living people) Indian prisoners and detainees Crime in Jharkhand Jharkhand politicians Jharkhand MLAs 2009–2014