Vijendra Kumar Yadav
Member (MLA) of Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office
Oct 2005 – 2010
Preceded byRameshwar Prasad
Succeeded bySanjay Singh Tiger
In office
2000 – Feb 2005
Preceded byRameshwar Prasad
Succeeded byRameshwar Prasad
ConstituencySandesh
Personal details
Born1962
Lasardhi, Bhojpur district, Bihar
Political partyJanata Dal (United)
Other political
affiliations		Rashtriya Janata Dal[1]
RelationsArun Yadav (brother)
Kiran Yadav (sister-in-law)
Parent
  • Bhuvneshwar Prasad Singh (father)
Residence(s)Patna, Bihar
Alma materBA from Magadh University in 1982
ProfessionPolitician

Vijendra Kumar Yadav (born 1962) is an Indian politician and a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly of India. He represented the Sandesh constituency in Bhojpur district of Bihar. He was elected in 2000 as a member of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)[2] but later left the party to join JD(U).

Career

Vijendra Yadav become first time MLA in 2000 from Sandesh constituency by defeating Rameshwar Prasad (sitting MLA) and Sondhari Singh Yadav of Samata Party (ex-MLA).

Vijendra Yadav lost the February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election to Rameshwar Prasad, but again re-elected to same constituency in October 2005 and remained till 2010.

In 2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Vijendra Yadav and his younger brother Arun Yadav both contested against each other from Sandesh constituency. But both of them lost to Sanjay Singh Tiger of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[3]

Family

His younger brother Arun Yadav was MLA of Sandesh from 2015 to 2020. In 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Vijendra Yadav lost to his sister-in-law Kiran Devi Yadav of RJD. Kiran Yadav is wife of Arun Yadav.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "पूर्व विधायक विजेंद्र राजद के प्रदेश उपाध्यक्ष बने". www.bhaskar.com. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  2. ↑ "Bihar Legislative Assembly". election in india.
  3. ↑ "Sandesh: Bihar Assembly constituency". Result University. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "Kiran Devi (RJD), Constituency: Sandesh". Myneta.info. 1 October 2020.


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