Shivpal Singh Yadav

Shivpal Singh Yadav (born 16 February 1955) is an Indian politician and educationist from Uttar Pradesh. He was born in Saifai village, Etawah district, and is a younger brother of Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav and uncle of the former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav. He is a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, representing the Jaswantnagar seat in Etawah district since 1996. He is also the National General Secretary of Samajwadi Party and was appointed on 29 January 2023.

In 2018, he founded his own party named Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya), which was merged into Samajwadi Party in 2022.

Early life and education Shivpal Singh Yadav was born on 16 February 1955 in Saifai village, Etawah district to Sughar Singh Yadav and Murti Devi. He has studied in Kanpur University's K.K. P.G. College, Etawah and University of Lucknow's Lucknow Christian College and earned BA (1976) and BPEd (1977) degrees respectively.

Family

Shivpal is the youngest among 5 brothers. Ratan Singh Yadav, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Abhay Ram Yadav and Rajpal Singh Yadav are his elder brothers. He has a sister, Kamla Devi Yadav.

Rajya Sabha MP Ram Gopal Yadav and his sister Geeta Yadav are his cousins.

Career Shivpal Singh Yadav has been the MLA from the Jaswantnagar constituency since 1996.

Yadav was the leader of the opposition in Uttar Pradesh Assembly since 2007 during the Mayawati regime. He contested Firozabad in 2019, but he came third.

Positions held Shivpal Singh Yadav has served 6 times as MLA. He lost the 17th Lok Sabha election from Firozabad in 2019. From To Position Party 1. 1996 2002 MLA (1st term) from Jaswantnagar SP 2. 2002 2007 MLA (2nd term) from Jaswantnagar SP 3. 2007 2012 MLA (3rd term) from Jaswantnagar SP 4. 2012 2017 MLA (4th term) from Jaswantnagar SP 5. 2017 2022 MLA (5th term) from Jaswantnagar SP 6. 2022 Present MLA (6th term) from Jaswantnagar SP

Personal life Shivpal Singh Yadav is married to Sarla Yadav since 1981 and they have a son Aditya Yadav and daughter Dr. Anubha Yadav. Anubha's husband Ajay Yadav is an IAS officer of 2010 batch and Tamil Nadu cadre.