Dharmendra Yadav (born 3 February 1979) is an Indian politician from

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. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) in the

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representing Badaun constituency as

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candidate.

Early life and education

Dharmendra Yadav was born in

Saifai Saifai is a large village and university town in the Etawah district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is also a sub-division (Tehsil) and Block (''Kshetra Panchayat'') of the Etawah district. It is the birthplace of Mulayam Singh Yadav, ...

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on 3 February 1979 to Abhay Ram Yadav and Jay Devi. His father Abhay Ram Yadav is the younger brother of

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and elder brother of Shivpal Singh Yadav.

's President

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is Dharmendra's cousin. He received a

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degree and a MA degree in political Science from the

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Family

He has one brother Anurag Yadav and two sisters Sandhya Yadav and Sheela Yadav. Sheela's son Rahul Yadav is married to Dr Isha Yadav, daughter of Sadhu Yadav. His brother Anurag Yadav contested and lost the 2017 UP assembly election from Sarojini Nagar Assembly constituency.

Personal life

Dharmendra Yadav married Neelam Yadav on 12 February 2010. He has three criminal cases and as of 2019 and assets worth Rs 12 crore. # He was an active participant in student politics in his university days. Mr Yadav became the block president of Samajwadi Party in Saifai in 2003. He was elected to the

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in 2004 from

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and re-elected to the 15th Lok Sabha in 2009 and

in 2014 from Badaun. He has been a member of the standing committees on defence, rural development, information technology and agriculture. He lost the 2019

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election from Badaun by around 18,000 votes. In June 2022

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by-poll he lost the election by around 8,600 votes. He has been elected to the

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in 2024 from

by defeating rival over 1,60,000 votes.

Positions held

Dharmendra Yadav has been elected 4 times as

MP.

References

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