Pradeep Yadav (Indian politician)

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Pradeep Yadav
Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
2005
Preceded byPrashant Kumar
ConstituencyPoreyahat
Member of Lok Sabha
In office
2002–2004
Preceded byJagdambi Prasad Yadav
Succeeded byFurkan Ansari
ConstituencyGodda
Personal details
Born (1966-01-16) 16 January 1966 (age 58)
Bohra, Godda, Bihar (now in Jharkhand)
Political partyIndian National Congress (2020-present)
Other political
affiliations		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)
Bharatiya Janata Party
SpouseBina Devi
Children2
ParentLate Ashok Kumar Yadav
Source: [1]

Pradeep Yadav is an Indian politician. His home town is Godda, Jharkhand and he is from Bohra village in Poreyahat block of Godda district. He is a current member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.

He was elected to the 13th Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Godda, Jharkhand as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party in a by-election. He is a current Member of Legislative assembly of Jharkhand. He has been minister in the state cabinet twice. He was minister of Rural Development under the then chief minister Babulal Marandi.

The second time he was a minister under Arjun Munda and the ministry was Human resource development. He started his political life as a student leader and was member of Bharatiya Janata Party. In 2007 he left Bharatiya Janata Party to join Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik).[1][2][3][4] Both he and Bandhu Tirkey joined the Indian National Congress as Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) was merged with Bharatiya Janata Party.[5][6][7][8][9]

  1. ^ "Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Godda icing on Gujarat victory cake". Ashish Sinha. Telegraph. 16 December 2002. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  3. ^ Gautam Kumar Bera (2008). The Unrest Axle: Ethno-social Movements in Eastern India. Mittal Publications. pp. 125–. ISBN 978-81-8324-145-8. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  4. ^ The Journal of Parliamentary Information. Lok Sabha Secretariat. 2003. p. 85. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  5. ^ "As Babulal Marandi goes back to BJP, his JVM-P MLAs join Congress". www.timesnownews.com. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Merger of Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik), a recognized State Party in the State of Jharkhand with the Bharatiya Janata Party". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Jharkhand Vikas Morcha Prajatantrik To Merge With BJP On February 17: Babulal Marandi". ndtv. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Babulal Marandi announces merger of JVM(P) and BJP on Feb. 17". thehindu. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Jharkhand Vikas Morcha pleases BJP, keeps out rebel MLAs from panel". newindianexpress. Retrieved 11 May 2020.