Ritlal Yadav

Ritlal Yadav
Member of Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2020
Preceded byAsha Devi Sinha
ConstituencyDanapur
Member of Legislative Council
In office
2015–2020
ConstituencyPatna Local Authorities
Personal details
Born1972
Danapur, Bihar, India
Political partyRashtriya Janata Dal
Alma materBihar Intermediate Council (I.A)

Ritlal Yadav or Ritlal Ray is a leader of RJD who won the Bihar Legislative Council election in July 2015 as an independent candidate.[1] Ritlal was in jail in connection with multiple criminal cases, including murder charges. Ritlal is accused in over 33 cases.[2] He was a former Member of Legislative Council (MLC), the post, to which he was elected in 2016.[3] He was incarcerated in Beur Jail until August 2020.[4] However he was then released from the jail on bail.[5] Ritlal Yadav defeated BJP's Asha Devi Sinha in the 2020 Bihar Assembly elections.

  1. ^ "Jailed gangster Ritlal Yadav wins Bihar election against JD-U and BJP rivals". India Today. Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  2. ^ "बिहार चुनाव: पति के कत्ल के आरोपी डॉन से है पत्नी का मुक़ाबला, रीतलाल पर हैं 33 केस". Jansatta. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020. Trans:Now the contest between the two leaders on this seat is going to be quite interesting. Ritlal is the main accused in the murder of Satyanarayana Sinha, the husband of Asha Devi, and had contested by election from Danapur seat in the year 2002.
  3. ^ "Lalu Names Ritlal Yadav as RJD General Secretary". Archived from the original on 15 September 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  4. ^ "From jail, gangster in Council". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 18 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  5. ^ "24 घंटे पहले जमानत पर जेल से रिहा हुए एमएलसी रीतलाल यादव के खिलाफ लॉकडाउन उल्लंघन का मामला दर्ज". livehindustan.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2020.