Vijay Bahadur Yadav
Vijay Bahadur Yadav | |
|---|---|
| Member (MLA) of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2012–2017 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Bipin Singh |
| Constituency | Gorakhpur Rural |
| In office 2007–2012 | |
| Preceded by | Kamlesh Kumar |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency | Maniram |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 September 1969 Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Political party | Samajwadi Party (2016–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Bharatiya Janata Party (until 2016) |
| Spouse |
Rambha Devi (m. 1989) |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence(s) | Bharwaliya Bujurg, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh |
| Profession | Business |
Vijay Bahadur Yadav (born 14 September 1969) is an Indian politician and a member in 15th and 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. Since 2012, he represents Gorakhpur Rural (Assembly constituency) as a member of Samajwadi Party. Earlier he represented Maniram (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in 2007–2012 as Bharatiya Janata Party.
Yadav in his 10-year tenure has faced no corruption charges and has been fairly active in the legislative assembly, though reports say that his assets doubled in 5 years, also he has 8 criminal cases against him. He has been credited with allotment of university status to Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology and has also raised the issue of encephalitis continuously and has secured funds for construction of a new ward in Gorakhpur Medical College.