Mitrasen Yadav
| Mitrasen | |
|---|---|
| Member: 9th, 12th and 14th Lok Sabha | |
| Constituency | Faizabad |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 July 1934 Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh |
| Political party | SP |
| Spouse(s) | Shyamkali Yadav |
| Children | 2 sons and 3 daughters |
| Residence | Faizabad |
| As of 17 September 2006 Source: | |
Mitrasen Yadav (born 11 July 1934) an Indian politician with a criminal background. In 1966, he was sentenced to life for the double murder of two brothers. In 1972, under the chief ministership of Indian National Congress leader Kamalapati Tripathi, he was granted Governor's pardon for his murder conviction.[1] He was the great leader from Faizabad and joined various political parties including Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party and Mulayam Singh's Samajwadi Party. He was elected five times to the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha and twice to the national parliament. In 1998 he joined the Samajwadi Party and was elected to the national legislature (12th Lok Sabha) from Faizbad constituency. In 1996 he was charged in the murder of Bhavanipher Yadav and also for attacking witnesses to the crime.[2] In 2007, he was involved in the human-trafficking case, where four MPs were taking people abroad on diplomatic passports as their relatives. [3][4] In 2007, his son, Anand Sen Yadav became a cabinet minister from jail in the 2004 Mayawati cabinet; but he had to resign after being convicted for brutally murdering his girlfriend.[5] In 2009, after Mitrasen was implicated in human trafficking and his son was convicted for murder, he was dropped by Mayawati as a "liability".[6] He then re-joined the Samajwadi Party, but lost the parliamentary election.
He presently represents Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party in the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha from the Bikapur constituency, having won the 2012 Uttar Pradesh Elections with a narrow margin of 1868 votes.
Criminal career
Mitrasen Yadav emerged as a gangster in Faizabad in the 1960s. He joined politics as a member of the Communist Party of India. In 1966, he and seven others were sentenced to life imprisonment by the Faizabad session court for the murder of two brothers, Jata Shankar Tiwari and Surendra Tiwari, in 1964. Later, he appealed to the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court, but the appeal was rejected. Eventually, The Governor of Uttar Pradesh ordered his release on mercy on 7 October 1972, on condition that he would not indulge in crime for seven years.
In 1974, Mitrasen (Yadav) was elected to the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha from Milkipur constituency as a Communist Party of India candidate. He was re-elected to the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha in 1977, 1980 and 1985.
During the elections of 1985, Mitrasen was charged in murder of police officer Mohan Das Rai, Station Officer at Inayatnagar, who was stabbed to death on polling day. The case was withdrawn by the government in 1995 at the initiative of the then chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav.[1]
In 1989, he was elected to 9th Lok Sabha from Faizbad constituency as a CPI candidate. In 1991, he contested to the Lok Sabha from the same constituency as an indepdendent but lost. On 4 March 1995, he joined Samajwadi Party (SP). In 1998, he was elected to the 12th Lok Sabha as a Samajwadi Party candidate from the same constituency. Mitrasen joined the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in 1999. In 2001, he left the BSP and re-joined the SP for the second time. In 2004, Mitrasen again joined the BSP, and was elected to the 14th Lok Sabha. In 2009, he again joined the SP for the third time.[7]
In 2009, he was convicted for embezzlement and sentenced to 7 years Rigorous Imprisonment.[8] Subsequently, he was released on bail.
In the 2009 parliamentary elections, Mitrasen had the highest number of criminal charges against him amongst all criminal candidates in India. Of the 35 serious criminal cases against him,[9] 20 are for murder, dacoity, extortion, assault, cheating and forgery.[10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Manish Sahu (9 March 2009). "The making of a politician: 40-yr career in crime, life term in prison and a pardon by Governor". Indian Express. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ↑ "BSP MP Mitrasen Yadav surrenders in alleged attack case". News.oneindia.in. 28 May 2007. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ↑ "Delhi Police to explain inaction against MP Mitrasen Yadav". zee news. 19 June 2007. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ↑ PTI (22 April 2007). "Mitrasen Yadav admits to knowing arrested paan shop owner". Outlook. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ↑ "Shashi was killed, confesses the driver of sacked BSP minister". Merinews.com. 9 November 2007. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ↑ "SP names Mitrasen for Faizabad LS seat". Indian Express. 19 January 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ↑ Sahu, Manish (9 March 2009). "The making of a politician: 40-yr career in crime, life term in prison and a pardon by Governor". Indian Express. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
- ↑ "Mitrasen Yadav sentenced to 7 yrs RI". Indian Express. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ↑ Arunav Sinha, TNN 29 January 2012, 04.07AM IST (29 January 2012). "SP fields maximum tainted candidates in first phase – Times of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
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