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Parasnath Yadav (12 January 1949 – 12 June 2020) was an Indian politician and was elected 7 times MLA in
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, 3 times Minister in
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and 2 times Member of Parliament from Jaunpur.


Early life and education

Paras Nath Yadav was born 12 January 1949 in Barsathi
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of
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to his father Shree Ram Yadav. He married Hirawati Devi in 1970, who was also on post of Block Pramukh of Barsathi till his death (2016). They have three sons and one daughter. He attended Sewashram Inter College Suriyawan,
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and attained Intermediate Certificate.


Political career

Yadav started his journey in politics in 9th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (1985) elections, he got ticket by
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from Barsathi (Assembly constituency). He contested and was elected MLA defeating INC's Rama Krishna by a margin of 6,008 (9.38%) votes. He was also a Member in Public Enterprises and Corporation Joint Committee (1987-1988) and Question and Reference Committee (1988-1989). In second term, in
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(1989) elections, he was elected MLA for a second time continuously by defeating INC's Lakshmi Shankar Yadav by a margin of 11,276 (12.23%) votes. He was appointed Minister of State for Secondary Education in
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. In 1991 elections, he left
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and joined
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. He again contested from Barsathi but lost to BJP's Raghuraj and stood on third with 14,686 (17%) votes. In 1992, when
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founded the
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, Yadav also left the
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and joined the
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. From then till his death he remained associated with
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. He was the closest leader to
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. In his third Legislature term, in
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(1993) elections, he got ticket by
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from Barsathi and he was elected MLA. Their winning margin also increased over time, he defeated his nearest candidate INC's Shachindra Nath Tripathi by a huge margin of 41,843 (31.85%) votes. In his fourth Legislature term, in the
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(1996) elections, the
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did not give him a ticket from his regular assembly and gave him a ticket from Mariyahu (Assembly constituency). He was also not harmed by changing the assembly constituency and he defeated BJP's Jagannath Rao by a margin of 11,518 (9.04%) votes and was elected MLA. He was also made a member of the "Joint Committee on Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes" (1997–1998). In
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(1998) elections, the
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made him its candidate from
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in the middle of his fourth Legislative term. He contested against contemporaneous MP BJP's Raj Keshar Singh. He defeated Raj Keshar Singh by a margin of 13,426 (1.92%) votes and was elected MP of Jaunpur. They also contested
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(1999) elections, but lost to BJP's Swami Chinmayanand by a close margin of 8,635 (1.25%) votes. In his fifth Legislature term, in the
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(2002) elections, he again contested from Mariyahu and defeated his nearest candidate Barkhu Ram Verma (
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) by a margin of 7,077 (5.16%) votes. In 2003, after the fall of the BSP government, when
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became the
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, he also got a place in the cabinet with portfolios of Animal Husbandry. In
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(2004) elections, despite being a minister, the
Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; ) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India. It was founded on 4 October 1992 by former Janata Dal politician Mulayam Singh Yadav and is headquartered in New Delhi. It is the third-largest political party in ...
again gave him a ticket from
Jaunpur (Lok Sabha Constituency) Jaunpur Lok Sabha Constituency is a parliamentary constituency in Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh. Assembly segments The legislators on assembly segments of Jaunpur as of 2024 is: Members of Parliament ^ by poll Demographics As per vari ...
. He was elected second time MP of Jaunpur by defeating BSP's Om Prakash Dubey alias Baba Dubey by a margin of 27,125 (3.80%) votes. He was also made a member of several committees of Parliament. He also contested
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(2009) elections, but lost to BSP's
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by a margin of 80,381 (10.52%) votes. In his sixth Legislature term, in the
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(2012) elections,
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gave him ticket from newly created Malhani (Assembly constituency). He defeated
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Dr Jagriti Singh (wife of
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) by a huge margin of 31,502 (16.28%) votes and was elected MLA of Malhani. After the elections, the
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government was formed and
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became the new
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. He was also appointed Cabinet Minister in Akhilesh Yadav ministry with portfolios of Minor Irrigation and Animal Husbandry. In
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(2014) elections, despite being a minister,
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again made him its candidate from
Jaunpur (Lok Sabha Constituency) Jaunpur Lok Sabha Constituency is a parliamentary constituency in Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh. Assembly segments The legislators on assembly segments of Jaunpur as of 2024 is: Members of Parliament ^ by poll Demographics As per vari ...
. He contested election but lost in Modi wave, he lost to BJP's Krishna Pratap Singh and stood on third with 1,80,003 (17.87%) votes. In his last or seventh Legislature term, in
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(2017) elections, he again contested from Malhani. He defeated
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candidate
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by a margin of 21,210 (10.30%) votes and was elected MLA. In June 2020, during the tenure of his seventh legislature, he died by
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. He continued to serve the people of Jaunpur till his death.


Death

On 12 June 2020, after a long battle with
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, he died aged 71 at his house in the
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of
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.


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Parasnath Yadav's website
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