Party Name : Samajwadi Party
Constituency : Mainpuri
State : Uttar Pradesh
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 7 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17
Father's Name : Late Shri Sughar Singh Yadav
Mother's Name : Smt. Murti Devi
Date of birth : 22 Nov 1939
Profession : Agriculturist Political and Social Worker
Positions held :
1967, 1974, 1977, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1993 and 1996 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Eight Terms)1974 Member, Pratinihit Vidhayan Samiti1977 Minister, Cooperative and Animal Husbandry, Uttar PradeshPresident, Lok Dal, Uttar PradeshPresident, Lok Dal (B), Uttar Pradesh1980 President, Janata Dal, Uttar Pradesh1982-85 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative CouncilLeader of the Opposition, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council1985-87 Leader of the Opposition, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly1989-91 Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh1989 Leader, Janata Dal Legislative Party, Uttar Pradesh1992 onwards Founder President, Samajwadi Party1993-95 Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh1996 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha1996-98 Union Cabinet Minister, Defence1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1998-99 Member, General Purposes Committee1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)Leader, Samajwadi Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha1999-2000 Chairman, Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural GasMember, General Purposes CommitteeAug. 2003-May 2007 Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 4th term)14 May 2007- 15 May 2009 Leader of the Opposition, Uttar Pradesh Legislative AssemblyMay 2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (5th term)Leader, Samajwadi Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha31 Aug. 2009 Chairman, Standing Committee on EnergyMay, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (6th term)1 Sep. 2014 - 25 May 2019 Member, Standing Committee on LabourMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs29 Jan. 2015 - 25 May 2019 Member, General Purposes CommitteeMay, 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (7th term)13 Sept. 2019 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Agriculture21 Nov. 2019 onwards Member, General Purposes Committee, Lok SabhaMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs
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Countries Visited
France, Germany, Nepal, Switzerland, Poland, Russia, Singapore, U.K. and U.S.A.
Other Information
Inspired and influenced by the socialist thoughts and ideology of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia; joined politics after coming into close contacts with Sarvashri Madhu Limaye, Karpoori Thakur, Ram Sewak Yadav, Raj Narayan and Janeshwar Mishra, later also influenced by former Prime Minister, Chowdhary Charan Singh; Shri V.P. Singh and Chandra Shekhar; jailed nine times during different agitations for the protection of rights and welfare of farmers, labourers, youth, students, minorities and backward classes; and President , (i) Etawah Degree College, 1962-63; (ii) Shikohabad A.K. College, 1963-64 and (iii) Students Union, K.K. College, Etawah; served as lecturer, Karhail (Mainpuri), Uttar Pradesh
