Shyam Lal Yadav

Background Yadav was born in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Yadav was an advocate by profession. In his early years, he held various non-political posts. He was Director, District Cooperative Development Federation (Varanasi); Member, UP Harijan Welfare Board and President, Uttar Pradesh Government Hindi Samiti. He has also been the President of All-India Yadav Mahasabha.

Politics

Shyam Lal Yadav entered politics shortly after Indian Independence. During his political career, He was first elected assembly member from Mughalsarai of the then Varanasi district (now Chandauli) in 1957 as an Indian National Congress candidate. In 1967, he left Indian National Congress along with Chaudhary Charan Singh and was elected MLA from Mughalsarai as a candidate of Bharatiya Kranti Dal and when Chaudhary Charan Singh became the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for the first time in April 1967, he became first time Minister of in his government. He served as Cabinet Minister of important portfolios like Industries, Information, Law, Food and Civil Supplies and Parliamentary Affairs. Later, he rejoined the Indian National Congress.In 1970, he was elected Rajya Sabha member from Uttar Pradesh and reelected to the Raj Sabha for the second time 1976.In 1982, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha for the third time and was elected the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha in the same year and when Rajiv Gandhi became the Prime Minister after the assassination of Indira Gandhi, he was very close to her. In the 1984 Lok Sabha elections, on the instructions of Rajiv Gandhi, he was Resigned from the post of Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha and contested elections in place of Kamlapati Tripathi from Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency and got elected by getting 40.7% votes.

Commonwealth Parliamentary Association

Yadav was a member of Indian Parliamentary Delegation to the 19th (1973) & 30th (1984) Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference that were held in London & Isle of Man respectively.

Inter-Parliamentary Conferences

Yadav also participated in the Inter-Parliamentary Conferences as a member of Indian Parliamentary Delegation. He attended 68th (1981) & 69th (1982) conferences held in Havana & Rome respectively.

Posts Held From To Position 01 1957 1962 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 02 1967 1968 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 03 1967 1968 Minister of Law, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 04 1967 1968 Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 05 1967 1968 Minister of Food and Civil Supplies, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 06 1967 1968 Minister of Industries, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 08 1970 1984 Member, Rajya Sabha 09 1980 1984 Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha 10 1984 1989 Elected to 8th Lok Sabha 12 1988 1989 Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Cooperation.