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Giridhari Yadav[1] (born 14 April 1961) is an Indian politician. He is currently a member of the Lok Sabha. He represents Banka and is a member of the Janata Dal (United) political party.

Yadav has been elected thrice into the Lok sabha[2] and four times in Bihar Legislative Assembly.[3] He was elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly and 11th lok Sabha with Janata Dal, while he was in RJD he was elected to Bihar Vidhan Sabha and 14th Lok sabha.[4] Yadav joined JD(U) in 2010 and has been elected twice to Bihar Vidhan Sabha with JDU(U) and 17th Lok Sabha.

Early life

Giridhari Yadav was born on 14 April 1961 in Banka, Bihar.[5] His father, Dhano Yadav, was a school teacher in Indian Railways;[6] his mother is Jagti Devi. He is one of seven children of Dhano and Jagti.

Yadav earned a B.A. degree in history from Bhagalpur University in 1982.[7] Then he moved to Madhya Pradesh to pursue postgraduate studies at DHG University, Sagar where he obtained M.A. in History[8] and later obtained LLB in Law from Bhagalpur University at the age of 33.[9] Yadav married Sumitra Devi in 1976 and has one daughter and two sons.

Early career

Giridhari Yadav was a history student in Madhya Pradesh and started his political career in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh as a youth co-ordinator in Indian Youth Congress in the Rajiv Gandhi Government (1983-1985). He was said to be close to former chief minister Arjun Singh, B.R. Yadav and Santosh Sahu.

Political career

Giridhari Yadav belongs to a socialist class of politicians. He was in Indian Youth Congress during Rajiv Gandhi's tenure and was associated with the likes of V. P. Singh. Yadav went back to Bihar after campaigning in Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections, in August 1994 and worked as a party worker for Janata Dal. In 1995, he got the party ticket to contest from Katoria, Bihar in the Bihar Legislative Assembly elections.[10] After Yadav's triumphant victory in Bihar Legislative Assembly elections, he went on to win the 11th Lok Sabha for Banka, Bihar.

In 1997, Yadav was one of seventeen Lok Sabha MPs to form Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) as a break away party from Janata Dal in New Delhi.[11] He lost to Digvijay Singh in 12th Lok Sabha elections on RJD ticket by less than 1% of total votes. Yadav got elected as MLA for second time from Katoria, Bihar in 2000, and in 1999 came close to winning 13th Lok Sabha as an independent candidate losing only by a margin of 2% of total votes.[12]

In 2004, Yadav successfully defeated Digvijay Singh and was elected to 14th Lok Sabha. After being denied a party ticket by RJD while being a sitting MP, Giridhari Yadav had a fall out with Lalu Prasad Yadav. In 2010, Yadav joined Janata Dal (United) and was elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly from Belhar, Bihar. He became the General Secretary of JD(U) in 2014. Yadav resigned from the post in 2015 after being issued a notice for mingling with alliance RJD leader Mohd. Shahabuddin.[13] He won his fourth Bihar Legislative Assembly in 2015 and currently serves as MLA for Belhar, Bihar.

Positions held

Period Positions Note
1983-1985 Youth Coordinator, Indian Youth Congress
1995-1996 Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly 1st term in Bihar Vidhan Sabha
1995-1996 Member, Public Accounts Committee, Bihar Legislative Assembly
1995 Whip Janata Dal
1996-1998 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha 1st term in Lok Sabha
1996 Member, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas
2000-2004 Re-Elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly 2nd Term in Bihar Vidhan Sabha
2004-2009 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha 2nd term in Lok Sabha
2004 Member, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industry
2010-2015 Re-elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly 3rd term in Bihar Vihdan Sabha
2010 Member, Estimates committee, Bihar Legislative Assembly
2013 Member, Public Accounts Committee, Bihar Legislative Assembly
2014 General Secretary, Janata Dal(United)
2015 Re-elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly 4th term in Bihar Vidhan Sabha
2015 Member, Library Committee
2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha 3rd term in Lok Sabha
2019 Member, Standing Committee on Finance

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