Harnath Singh Yadav Explained

Harnath Singh Yadav
Caption:Harnath in Vietnam in 2022
Birth Date:1 April 1941
Birth Place:Mainpuri, United Provinces, British India
(present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)
Office:Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Constituency:Uttar Pradesh
Term Start:2018
Term End:2024
Office1:Member of Legislative Council, Uttar Pradesh
Constituency1:Agra (Graduates constituency)
Term Start1:1996
Term End1:2008
Successor1:Vivek Bansal
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
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Harnath Singh Yadav (born 1 April 1941) is an Indian politician. He is a former Member of Parliament, representing Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament representing the Bharatiya Janata Party. He also served as a Member of Legislative Council (MLC) from Agra Graduates constituency, Uttar Pradesh from 1996 to 2008. [1] [2] He hails from Gopalpur village of Mainpuri district.

Harnath Singh Yadav is a former MLC who hails from Mainpuri and later moved to Etah. A former RSS zila pracharak, he later served as BJP state general secretary. He is considered close to former CM Kalyan Singh. He was elected an MLC as an independent in 1996 and later with Samajwadi Party support in 2002 from Agra Graduates constituency. He lost the council election in 2014, then he joined BJP. In the 2017 UP elections, BJP appointed him in-charge of Yadav-dominated district Mainpuri.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BJP bags 11 Rajya Sabha seats, crushes SP-BSP bonhomie in UP . . 24 March 2018 . 24 March 2018.
  2. Web site: In Rajya Sabha race, newcomers & state leaders . Indian Express . 13 March 2018 . 24 March 2018.