Dharmendra Yadav

Dharmendra Yadav (born 2 March 1979) is an Indian politician from the Samajwadi Party. He currently represents the Badaun (Lok Sabha constituency), Uttar Pradesh, in the 15th Lok Sabha.

He is the nephew of Samajwadi party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav. He had earlier won a legislative assembly seat from Mainpuri, where he had made "bad political mistakes"[1] and "earned a bad name for allegedly furthering his personal interests and neglecting the constituency."[2]

Lok Sabha 2009

Dharmendra Yadav won the Election after defeating the Mafia turned politician D.P.Yadav and Salim Sherwani (Indian National Congress) by margin of over 34,000 votes. His only qualification for an MP ticket was being nephew of SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Dharmendra Yadav was the Youngest Member of Parliament in the 14th Lok Sabha.

References

  1. ^ Minor hurdles, nephew’s blunders aside, Mulayam back on home stretch
  2. ^ Discontent in Samajwadi Party over Kalyan Singh (Lead)