Shailendra Yadav Lalai

Shailendra Yadav Lalai
Member of Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh
Assumed office
March 2012
Preceded byJagdish Sonkar
Succeeded byRamesh Singh
ConstituencyShahganj (Assembly constituency)
Minister of State for Energy & Planning
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
2015–2017
Chief MinisterAkhilesh Yadav
Succeeded bySwatantra Dev Singh
Member of Legislative Assembly Khutahan, Jaunpur
In office
February 2002  March 2012 (2 Times)
Preceded byUmakant Yadav
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Minister of State for Public Welfare & Housing
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
2003–2007
Chief MinisterMulayam Singh Yadav
Personal details
Born (1965-07-01) 1 July 1965
Pakhanpur, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh
NationalityIndian
Political partySamajwadi Party
Other political
affiliations
Bahujan Samaj Party
Children2

Siddharth Yadav

Shivendra Yadav
ParentTalukdar Yadav
Residence(s)Shahganj, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh
Alma materGorakhpur University
ProfessionAgriculture

Shailendra Yadav Lalai is an Indian politician and former Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Shahganj constituency in Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India. He was elected as a member of Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh consecutively for the fourth time. He was the Minister of State for Energy and Planning in the previous Samajwadi Party (SP) government led by the then Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. The national president of Samajwadi Party (SP) and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav has appointed him as the opposition's deputy Chief Whip in the current (17th) Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. He is believed to be a close ally of Akhilesh Yadav and the latter counts on him a lot.