Amar Nath Yadav

Amar Nath Yadav
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office
1995–2000
Preceded bySheo Shankar Yadav
Succeeded bySheo Shankar Yadav
ConstituencyDarauli
In office
2005–2010
Preceded bySheo Shankar Yadav
Succeeded byRamayan Manjhi
ConstituencyDarauli
Personal details
Born1964 or 1965 (age 59–60)[1]
NationalityIndian
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation

Amar Nath Yadav, alternatively Amarnath Yadav is an Indian politician and former member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly.[2] He is a veteran leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation and a member of the Bihar State Committee of the party.[3][4] He has also been the vice president of the Kisan Mahasabha in Bihar.[5][6] He is known for his opposition to the erstwhile rule of local strongman Mohammad Shahabuddin and described by a Hindustan Times article as "the only man who stood up to Shahabuddin".[7][8] He had represented the Darauli constituency from 1995–2000 and from 2005–2010. He rose to prominence in the area after the murder of the student leader Chandrashekhar Prasad in 1997, who died whilst campaigning against Shahabuddin.[9]

  1. ^ "Lok Sabha 2019 - Amarnath Yadav". www.myneta.info. Association for Democratic Reforms. 2019.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Liberation. Chilraon Massacre in East Champaran Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "एनआरसी के खिलाफ 80 दिन से धरने पर बैठे लोगों ने खाली किया आंबेडकर पार्क". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 26 March 2020. Archived from the original on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  5. ^ Liberation, Vol. 10. Nimai Ghose. 2003. p. 26.
  6. ^ "किसानों के फसल नुकसान का उचित मुआवजा दे सरकार: अमरनाथ यादव". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 21 March 2020. Archived from the original on 23 March 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  7. ^ Verma, Nalin (1 April 2004). "A wife in burqa hits Siwan streets". The Telegraph (Kolkata). Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  8. ^ Guha Roy, Anirban (8 May 2014). "Shahabuddin is past, Bihar's badlands breathe easier". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 27 July 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  9. ^ Times of India. Don's wife looks to restore husband's legacy in Siwan Archived 16 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine