Vinayak Prasad Yadav (died 7 January 2002) was an Indian politician. He was a Member of Parliament, representing Saharsa, Bihar, in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India's Parliament, as a member of the Janata Party.[1]
Vinayak Prasad Yadav | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1977-1980 | |
| Preceded by | Chiranjib Jha |
| Succeeded by | Kamal Nath Jha |
| Constituency | Saharsa, Bihar |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 7 January 2002 Kaushalipatti, Bihar |
| Political party | Janata Party |
| Source: [1] | |
Life
editVinayak Prasad Yadav was jailed several times for his activities as a part of the Quit India Movement in 1942. He was elected a member of the Legislative Assembly of Bihar for the periods 1967-1968 and 1972–1974, as well as being elected in 1985 and 1990. He served for some time as a minister in the Government of Bihar.[2]
Following the killing of Jagdeo Prasad by police at Kurtha in 1974 Yadav, who was then a member of the Samyukta Socialist Party, resigned from the Bihar Legislative Assembly in protest.[3]
Yadav also served one term as a Member of Parliament, being elected to the Sixth Lok Sabha from the Saharsa constituency in Bihar for the period 1977 to 1979.[2] He was among 27 MPs who left the Janata Party parliamentary group in July 1979 in protest at that party's acceptance of associates who were involved with the right-wing Hindutva organisation, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. All those among the 27 who came from Bihar were supporters of Karpoori Thakur.[4]
Outside politics, Yadav was a lawyer. He died, aged 74, at Kaushalipatti, Bihar on 7 January 2002.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Lok Sabha Profiles". Archived from the original on 9 May 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- ^ a b c "Lok Sabha Debates 14 May 2002". Parliament of India. p. 2. Archived from the original on 19 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ^ Tiwari, Lalan (1987). Democracy and Dissent: A Case Study of the Bihar Movement, 1974-75. Mittal Publications. pp. 86–87. ISBN 978-8-17099-008-6. Archived from the original on 19 April 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ^ Krishna, Ananth V. (2011). India Since Independence: Making Sense of Indian Politics. Pearson Education India. p. 229. ISBN 978-8-13173-465-0.