Shivpal Singh Yadav (born 16 February 1955) is a politician and educationist from

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, India. He was born in Saifai village,

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, and is a younger brother of

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leader late

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and uncle of the former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh,

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. He is a Member of the

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, representing the Jaswantnagar seat in Etawah district, from 1996 till now. He is also the National General Secretary of

and was appointed on 29 January 2023. In 2018 he founded his own party named Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya), which was merged into

in 2022.

Early life and education

Shivpal Singh Yadav was born on 16 February 1955 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, ...

village,

to Sughar Singh Yadav and Murti Devi. He has studied in Kanpur University's K.K. P.G. College, Etawah and

University of Lucknow University of Lucknow (informally known as Lucknow University, and LU) is one of the oldest public state university based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. LU's main campus is located at Badshah Bagh, University Road area of the city with a second ...

Lucknow Christian College Lucknow Christian College is a graduate and post-graduate college located in Golaganj, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is affiliated with the University of Lucknow. Brief history Founded in 1862 as a tiny school in the Husainabad area of ...

and earned BA (1976) and BPEd (1977) degrees respectively.

Family

Shivpal is the youngest among 5 brothers. Ratan Singh Yadav,

, Abhay Ram Yadav and Rajpal Singh Yadav are his elder brothers. He has 1 sister Kamla Devi Yadav. Rajya Sabha MP

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and his sister Geeta Yadav are his cousins.

Career

Shivpal Singh Yadav is the MLA from the Jaswantnagar constituency since 1996. Yadav was the leader of Opposition in Uttar Pradesh Assembly since 2007 during the

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regime.

Positions held

Shivpal Singh Yadav has served 6 times as MLA. He had lost the

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election from

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in 2019.

Personal life

Shivpal Singh Yadav is married to Mrs. Sarla Yadav since 1981 and they have a son Aditya Yadav and daughter Dr. Anubha Yadav. Anubha Yadav is married to Ajay Yadav who is an IAS officer of 2010 batch and

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cadre.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yadav, Shivpal Singh 1954 births Living people People from Saifai Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2007–2012 Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University alumni University of Lucknow alumni Leaders of the opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Shivpal Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022 Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027 Samajwadi Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh