Devendra Singh Yadav (born 1990) is an
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...
politician and member of
Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
The Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly or the Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral state legislature of Chhattisgarh state in India.
The seat of the Vidhan Sabha is at Raipur, the capital of the state. The Vidhan Sabha comprises 90 Mem ...
since 2018, elected twice from
Bhilai Nagar. In the
2023 election, when the Congress faced in rout in urban areas, he was the sole MLA to be re-elected from an urban constituency. He was also a national secretary of the
National Students' Union of India
The National Students' Union of India (NSUI) is the student wing of the Indian National Congress. It was established on 9 April 1971, founded by Indira Gandhi after merging the Kerala Students Union and the West Bengal State Chhatra Parishad ...
and was the youngest mayor of
Bhilai
Bhilai is a city in Durg district of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, in eastern central India. Along with its twin-city Durg, the urban agglomeration of Durg-Bhilai Nagar has a population of more than a million, making it the second-larges ...
, elected at the
Bhilai Municipal Corporation in 2016.
Early life and education
Yadav hails from Bhilai Nagar. He did his schooling at Bhilai Nair Samajam, Bhilai. After his school, he went to Bhopal to pursue training as a pilot but came back to Bhilai and entered politics after a call from a student leader of Rungta Engineering College asking students to enter politics.
Career
Yadav began his political journey as the president of the district unit
National Students Union of India, the student wing of the Indian National Congress party. He went on to become the Chhattisgarh state president and the National secretary of NSUI in 2016. In 2016, he also became the mayor of
Bhilai Municipal Corporation, one of the youngest leaders to get elected to the post. In 2018, he was elected as MLA for the first time from Bhilai Nagar and he was re-elected in 2023.
References
External links
Personal website
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Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Indian National Congress politicians from Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh MLAs 2018–2023
Chhattisgarh MLAs 2023–2028
1990 births