Amar Nath Yadav

Amar Nath Yadav is an Indian politician. He is a veteran leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation in Siwan District of Bihar. Known from his opposition to the rule of local strongman Mohammad Shahabuddin, Yadav was described by a Hindustan Times article as "the only man who stood up to Shahabuddin".[1][2] He rose to prominence in the area after the murder of the student leader Chandrashekhar Prasad in 1997, who died whilst campaigning against Shahabuddin.[3] As of 2003 Yadav was the vice president of the Bihar Pradesh Kisan Sabha (peasants movement linked to the CPI(ML) Liberation).[4] As of 2006 he was a Bihar State Committee member of CPI(ML) Liberation.[5]

Legislator

Yadav contested the Darauli seat in the Bihar Legislative Assembly election of 1990 as an Indian People's Front candidate. He finished in fourth place with 16,623 votes (17.47% of the votes in the constituency).[6] He won the Darauli seat in the 1995 election, standing as a CPI(ML) Liberation candidate. He obtained 36,305 votes (37.25%).[7] Soon after the election, however, he was arrested and jailed. The party rebuffed the allegations against him, calling them 'false charges'.[8][9] He was attacked in February 1999; during the attack a security guard of Yadav was killed. According to CPI(ML) Liberation the state government failed to take action to punish the culprits.[10]

He lost Darauli in the 2000 election, finishing in second place with 33,990 votes (29.82%).[11] He regained Darauli in the February 2005 election, obtaining 25,197 votes, and retained the seat in the October 2005 election, with 30,355 votes in his favour.[12][13]

Lok Sabha candidate

Yadav was fielded by CPI(ML) as its candidate in the Siwan Lok Sabha seat in the 1999 Indian general election.[14] His main opponent was Shahabuddin. Yadav finished in second place with 255,229 votes (36.34%).[14] He again contested the Siwan seat in the 2004 and 2009 Indian general election, finishing in third place in both occasions. In 2004 he obtained 72,225 votes, whilst in 2009 he got 72,988 votes (11.37%).[15][16] Yadav was fielded by CPI(ML) Liberation as its candidate in Siwan in the 2014 Indian general election.[17]

References

  1. ↑ The Telegraph. A wife in burqa hits Siwan streets
  2. ↑ Hindustan Times. Shahabuddin is past, Bihar's badlands breathe easier
  3. ↑ Times of India. Don's wife looks to restore husband's legacy in Siwan
  4. ↑ Liberation, Vol. 10. Nimai Ghose. 2003. p. 26.
  5. ↑ Liberation. Chilraon Massacre in East Champaran
  6. ↑ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1990 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR
  7. ↑ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1995 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR
  8. ↑ Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 32. Sameeksha Trust. 1997. p. 815.
  9. ↑ Lokayan Bulletin, Vol. 13, Eds. 1-6. Lokayan. 1996. p. 26.
  10. ↑ The Tribune. 13 BJP MLAs held
  11. ↑ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2000 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR
  12. ↑ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2005 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR
  13. ↑ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2005 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1999 TO THE 13th LOK SABHA - VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)
  15. ↑ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 2004 TO THE 14th LOK SABHA - VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)
  16. ↑ Election Commission of India. 25 - Constituency Wise Detailed Result
  17. ↑ IBN Live. LS polls: 6 Bihar seats in last phase; BJP, RJD bank on caste, JDU on work