Vijay Bahadur Yadav

Vijay Bahadur Yadav
Member (MLA) of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
2012–2017
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byBipin Singh
ConstituencyGorakhpur Rural
In office
2007–2012
Preceded byKamlesh Kumar
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyManiram
Personal details
Born (1969-09-14) 14 September 1969 (age 55)
Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partySamajwadi Party (2016–present)
Other political
affiliations
Bharatiya Janata Party (until 2016)
Spouse
Rambha Devi
(m. 1989)
Children3
Residence(s)Bharwaliya Bujurg, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
ProfessionBusiness

Vijay Bahadur Yadav (born 14 September 1969) is an Indian politician and a member in 15th and 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. Since 2012, he represents Gorakhpur Rural (Assembly constituency) as a member of Samajwadi Party. Earlier he represented Maniram (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in 2007–2012 as Bharatiya Janata Party.[1][2]

Yadav in his 10-year tenure has faced no corruption charges and has been fairly active in the legislative assembly, though reports say that his assets doubled in 5 years, also he has 8 criminal cases against him.[3] He has been credited with allotment of university status to Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology and has also raised the issue of encephalitis continuously and has secured funds for construction of a new ward in Gorakhpur Medical College.[4]

  1. ^ "BJP accuses party MLA of working against Yogi". The Times of India. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  2. ^ "प्रशासन की मंशा साफ नहीं : विजय बहादुर यादव". inextlive (in Hindi). 7 January 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  3. ^ "UP election 2022: पांच साल में दोगुना हुई सपा प्रत्‍याशी विजय बहादुर यादव की संपत्ति, दर्ज हैं आठ मुकदमे". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  4. ^ "अखिलेश यादव के सपने को पूरा करना मेरा मकसदः विजय बहादुर यादव-". Amar Ujala. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2018.