Sitaram Yadav (politician, born 1946)
Sitaram Yadav | |
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Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
In office 1990-1994 | |
Member of Parliament 12th Lok Sabha | |
In office 1998-1999 | |
Preceded by | Nawal Kishore Rai |
Succeeded by | Nawal Kishore Rai |
Constituency | Sitamarhi |
Member of Parliament 14th Lok Sabha | |
Assumed office 2004-2009 | |
Preceded by | Nawal Kishore Rai |
Succeeded by | Arjun Roy |
Constituency | Sitamarhi |
Personal details | |
Born | Sitamarhi, Bihar | 5 January 1946
Political party | Bhartiya Janata Party |
Residence | Ward 5, Dumra, Sitamarhi |
As of 25 September, 2006 Source: [1] |
Sitaram Yadav (born 5 January 1946) is an Indian politician who was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Sitamarhi constituency of Bihar as a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) political party.
In January 2021, he joined Bhartiya Janata Party in presence of Bhupendra Yadav and Bihar state BJP president Sanjay Jaiswal.[1]
Early life
Yadav was born in Sitamarhi, Bihar, India to Raghunandan Gope and Sundarwati Devi.[citation needed] He is the first in a family of five sons. He received bachelor's degrees in Law and Education from Bihar University, Muzaffarpur.[citation needed] After graduation, he found employment as a teacher in a Madhubani middle school.[citation needed]
Political career
Early in his political career, Yadav served as Mukhiya of the Nayatol Panchayat and as Block Parmukh of Nanpur block.[citation needed]
He was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly from the Pupri constituency in 1990 for the Janta Dal party and was re-elected in 1995.[citation needed]
He was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Sitamarhi constituency in Bihar as a candidate of RJD in 1998.[citation needed]
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 Rabri Devi government.[citation needed]
He was re-elected to Lok Sabha from the Sitamarhi constituency as a candidate of RJD in 2004.[citation needed]
External links
References
- ^ "RJD ex-MP Sitaram Yadav, some other oppn leaders join BJP". Indian Expreess. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- 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 Bharatiya Janata Party politician stubs