Sangeeta Yadav

Sangeeta Yadav is a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) politician who has held elected office at both the state and national levels. She represented Chauri-Chaura in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 2017 to 2022 and has represented Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha since 2022. In August 2026, she was appointed National Secretary of the BJP.

Early life Yadav was born on July 20, 1981, in Borivali, Mumbai, Maharashtra. In 2009, she married Ajay Kumar. She earned a Bachelor of Law degree from MMH College, Ghaziabad in 2004. Following her education, she was involved in social service and community-oriented activities before entering electoral politics. Her early public engagement was followed by organizational work within the Bharatiya Janata Party and eventually by her election to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

Political Career

- Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Yadav contested the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from the Chauri-Chaura constituency in Gorakhpur district.

She was elected to the 17th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, securing 87,863 votes, or 45.63% of the valid votes polled. She defeated her nearest rival, Samajwadi Party candidate Manorajan Yadav, by 45,660 votes.

Yadav served as the MLA representing Chauri-Chaura from 2017 to 2022. The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly records identify her as a member of the 17th Assembly . In the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election, the Chauri-Chaura constituency was allocated to the Nishad Party as part of the BJP-led alliance. The BJP subsequently nominated Yadav as a candidate for the Rajya Sabha. Contemporary reporting on her nomination described her as a former Chauri-Chaura MLA and a national secretary of the BJP Mahila Morcha.

- Rajya Sabha In June 2022, the BJP nominated Yadav as one of its candidates for the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. She was subsequently elected unopposed along with the other candidates elected from the state. Her term in the Rajya Sabha began on 5 July 2022. She is serving her first term as a Member of Parliament from Uttar Pradesh.

Responsibilities outside Uttar Pradesh

Jharkhand: organizational responsibilities during the Bokaro Assembly election. Gujarat: served as Mahila Morcha co-in-charge for the Saurashtra region. Delhi: served as election in-charge for the Delhi Municipal Corporation elections. Karnataka: served as election in-charge for the Ramdurg region during the Assembly elections. Telangana: served as Mahila Morcha in-charge during the Assembly elections. Haryana: served as Mahila Morcha in-charge during the Assembly elections. West Bengal: served as Mahila Morcha in-charge during the Assembly elections.

- National Secretary of the BJP On 17 August 2026, the BJP announced a new national team under party president Nitin Nabin. Yadav was appointed one of the party's National Secretaries. Her appointment formed part of a wider re-organization of the BJP's national office-bearers. Yadav was among the 16 leaders appointed as National Secretaries in the new organizational team.

Parliamentary committees During her tenure in the Rajya Sabha, Yadav has served on several parliamentary committees. +CommitteePositionDepartment-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and SportsMemberCommittee on Subordinate LegislationMemberConsultative Committee for the Ministry of Skill Development and EntrepreneurshipMemberCommittee on Official LanguageMember Yadav has served on the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports.

She was elected to the Committee on Official Language in August 2022 .Yadav has also served as a member of the Committee on Subordinate Legislation, which examines subordinate legislation and related matters.

She is a member of the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, which provides a forum for Members of Parliament to engage with the ministry on matters relating to its work and programmes.

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