Tej Pratap Singh Yadav Explained

Birth Date:21 November 1987
Birth Place:Saifai, Uttar Pradesh, India
Residence:Saifai, Etawah, Uttar Pradesh
Office2:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Constituency2:Mainpuri
Term Start2:13 September 2014
Term End2:23 May 2019
Predecessor2:Mulayam Singh Yadav
Successor2:Mulayam Singh Yadav
Party:Samajwadi Party
Nationality:Indian
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Profession:Politician
Office:Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Term Start:23 November 2024
Constituency:Karhal
Predecessor:Akhilesh Yadav

Tej Pratap Singh Yadav (born 21 November 1987) is an Indian politician is an MLA representing the Karhal and former Member of Parliament in the Indian Lok Sabha, where he represented the Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh, from 2014 to 2019 as a member of the Samajwadi Party.

Early life and education

Tej Pratap Singh Yadav was born on 21 November 1987 in Saifai village of Etawah district to Ranvir Singh Yadav and Mridula Yadav.

He studied at the Colonel Brown Cambridge School, Dehradun, and the Delhi Public School, Noida. He graduated with an MBA from the Leeds University Business School.

Family

See also: Political families of Uttar Pradesh.

His grandfather Ratan Singh Yadav, was the elder brother of Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Hariom Yadav, the former MLA of Sirsaganj and Shikohabad is his maternal granduncle.

Career

He successfully contested a by-election to replace his granduncle, Mulayam Singh Yadav, as the Member of Parliament of the Mainpuri. [1] He Successfully contested a by-election to replace his uncle, Akhilesh Yadav, as the MLA of the Karhal.

Positions held

From To Positions Party
1. 2014 2019 MP in 16th Lok Sabha from Mainpuri (by-election) SP
2. 2024 MLA from Karhal (by-election)SP

Personal life

In 2015, Tej Pratap married Raj Lakshmi Yadav, the youngest daughter of Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi.[2] The couple had a child in 2016.[3]

Educational organisations

He is part of management committee of two colleges named Chaudhary Charan Singh Post Graduate College and Chaudhary Charan Singh College of Law, both colleges established by Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Notes and References

  1. News: The New Indian Express . Fifth of family joins SP chief in Lok Sabha . Mohd Faisal . Fareed . 17 September 2014 . 6 January 2018.
  2. News: The Economic Times . Akhilesh Yadav can become PM: Tej Pratap Singh Yadav . 9 October 2016 . 6 January 2018.
  3. News: Mid-Day . Mulayam Singh Yadav's grandson Tej Pratap Singh blessed with baby boy . 8 September 2016 . 6 January 2018.