Hemchand Yadav (1 December 1958 - 11 April 2018) was an Indian politician and a member of

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

. He was cabinet minister in

Government of Chhattisgarh Government of Chhattisgarh also known as the State Government of Chhattisgarh, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh and its 33 districts. It consists of an executive, led by th ...

from 2003 to 2013.

Early life

Yadav was born to small farmer Ramlal Yadav in

Durg Durg is a city in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, east of the Shivnath River and is part of the Durg- Bhilai urban agglomeration. With an urban population of 1,064,077, Durg- Bhilai is the second largest urban area in Chhattisgarh after Rai ...

. He married Leela Yadav on 9 March 1976 and they have four children, two sons and two daughter. In 1987, he became active in politics.

Political career

Yadav was first elected to

Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha or the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Madhya Pradesh state in India. The seat of the Vidhan Sabha is at Bhopal, the capital of the state. It is housed in the ''Vidh ...

in 1998 from Durg Constituency by defeating his congress rival

Arun Vora Arun Vora is an Indian politician and member of the Indian National Congress. Arun Vora has been popular leader in the Durg City constituency Assembly from where he has been MLA three times. Arun Vora belongs to a family of journalists and p ...

by a margin of 3,279. After creation 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 ...

, he contested 2003 assembly election and won by a huge of 22,573 and became Cabinet minister water resources, sports and youth welfare in

Raman Singh Raman Singh (born 15 October 1952) is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the speaker of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly since 2023. Formerly, he served as the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh and holding the position for thre ...

's Cabinet. He held various portfolios such as Water resources, Sports and Youth welfare, Transport, Food, Civil Supply, Higher & Technical education till 2013. Hemchand Yadav Vishwavidyalaya is named after him.

References

Chhattisgarh MLAs 2008–2013 State cabinet ministers of Chhattisgarh 1958 births 2018 deaths Chhattisgarh MLAs 2003–2008 Chhattisgarh MLAs 2000–2003 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Chhattisgarh People from Durg Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1998–2003 {{Chhattisgarh-BJP-politician-stub

Early life

Political career

See also

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