Sitaram Yadav (born 5 January 1946) is an Indian politician who was a member of the

14th Lok Sabha The 14th Lok Sabha (2 June 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 National ...

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. He represented the

Sitamarhi Sitamarhi is the headquarters of the Sitamarhi district in Tirhut Division, Bihar. The city was named in honour of Sītā, wife of Rāma, who was born in Sitamarhi according to Hindu legends. In 1875, a subdivision for Sitamarhi was create ...

constituency of

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as a member of the

Rashtriya Janata Dal The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: National People's Party) is an Indian political party, mainly based in the state of Bihar. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav. The party's support base has traditionally been Other ...

(RJD) political party. In January 2021, he joined

Bhartiya 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. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's Bharatiya Jana Sangh. Since 2014, ...

in presence of Bhupendra Yadav and Bihar state BJP president Sanjay Jaiswal.

Early life

Yadav was born in

, India to Raghunandan Gope and Sundarwati Devi. He is the first in a family of five sons. He received bachelor's degrees in Law and Education from

Bihar University Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University, (abbreviated as BRABU) also known as B.R. Ambedkar Bihar University, is a state university located in Muzaffarpur. Established in 1960, the university has 37 constituent colleges and offers a range of ...

Muzaffarpur Muzaffarpur () is a city located in Muzaffarpur district on the banks of Burhi Gandak River, Burhi Gandak river in the Tirhut division of the Indian state of Bihar. It serves as the headquarters of the Tirhut division, the Muzaffarpur distri ...

. After graduation, he found employment as a teacher in a Madhubani middle school.

Political career

Early in his political career, Yadav served as Mukhiya of the Nayatol Panchayat and as Block Parmukh of Nanpur block. He was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly from the

Pupri Pupri ( Maithili: पुपरी) is an Indian town in the Sitamarhi district of the Mithila region in Bihar. It is also known as Janakpur Road. Pupri is a sub-divisional town as well as the headquarter of the Pupri block in the Sitamarhi dis ...

constituency in 1990 for the Janta Dal party and was re-elected in 1995. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Sitamarhi constituency in Bihar as a candidate of RJD in 1998. He returned to state politics in 2000 to be elected to the Pupri constituency for the third time. He was sworn in as Cabinet Minister for Information, Press and Public Relations on 4 April 2000 under the

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government. He was re-elected to Lok Sabha from the Sitamarhi constituency as a candidate of RJD in 2004.

External links

Home Page on the Parliament of India's Website

References

1946 births Living people India MPs 2004–2009 Rashtriya Janata Dal politicians India MPs 1998–1999 Lok Sabha members from Bihar People from Sitamarhi district United Progressive Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election Janata Dal politicians Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Bihar Lok Dal politicians {{Bihar-BJP-politician-stub