Shyam Singh Yadav

Shyam Singh Yadav
Official portrait, 2019
In office
2019–2024
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
23 May 2019  2 June 2024
Preceded byKrishna Pratap
Succeeded byBabu Singh Kushwaha
ConstituencyJaunpur, Uttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born (1954-03-31) 31 March 1954
Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyBahujan Samaj Party
Spouse
Pushpa Yadav
(m. 1986)
Children2
Residence(s)Ranipatti, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh
Alma materAllahabad University
  • LLB (1979)
  • MSC (Maths) Year 1976)
Profession
  • Advocate
  • Agriculturalist
  • Politician
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Shyam Singh Yadav (born 31 March 1954) is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha from Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. He is a member of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the leader of the party in the Lok Sabha. He is the chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Papers laid on the Table since 2019. He is also the member of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Coal and Steel; Parliamentary Joint Committee on Offices of Profit; member of Parliamentary General Purposes Committee (Lok Sabha); and member of Parliamentary Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. He is also a former PCS officer.

Yadav has represented India in international shooting events and has also coached the Indian shooting team at the Beijing Olympic Games 2008 and Melbourne Commonwealth Games 2006.