Amar Nath Yadav

Amarnath Yadav, alternatively Amarnath Yadav is an Indian politician and former member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly.[2] He is a veteran leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation and a member of the Bihar State Committee of the party.[3][4] He is also the vice president of the Kisan Mahasabha in Bihar.[5][6] He is known for his opposition to the erstwhile rule of local strongman Mohammad Shahabuddin and described by a Hindustan Times article as "the only man who stood up to Shahabuddin".[7][8] He had represented the Darauli constituency from 1995–2000 and from 2005–2010. He rose to prominence in the area after the murder of the student leader Chandrashekhar Prasad in 1997, who died whilst campaigning against Shahabuddin.[9]

Amar Nath Yadav
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office
1995–2000
Preceded bySheo Shankar Yadav
Succeeded bySheo Shankar Yadav
ConstituencyDarauli
In office
2005–2010
Preceded bySheo Shankar Yadav
Succeeded byRamayan Manjhi
ConstituencyDarauli
Personal details
Born1964/1965 (age 55–56)[1]
NationalityIndian
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation

Early life

Amarnath Yadav was born in the village of Kavilpura in the Siwan district of Bihar.[10]

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).[11] He won the Darauli seat in the 1995 election, standing as a CPI(ML) Liberation candidate. He obtained 36,305 votes (37.25%).[12] Soon after the election, however, he was arrested and jailed. The party rebuffed the allegations against him, calling them 'false charges'.[13][14] 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.[15]

He lost Darauli in the 2000 election, finishing in second place with 33,990 votes (29.82%).[16] 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.[17][2] He stood as the candidate of assembly election from Raghunathpur constituency in 2015.

Lok Sabha candidate

Yadav was fielded by CPI(ML) as its candidate in the Siwan Lok Sabha seat in the 1999 Indian general election.[18] His main opponent was Shahabuddin. Yadav finished in second place with 255,229 votes (36.34%).[18] 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%).[19][20] Yadav was fielded by CPI(ML) Liberation as its candidate in Siwan in the 2014 Indian general election.[21]

References
  1. "Lok Sabha 2019 - Amarnath Yadav". www.myneta.info. Association for Democratic Reforms. 2019.
  2. Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2005 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR
  3. Liberation. Chilraon Massacre in East Champaran
  4. "एनआरसी के खिलाफ 80 दिन से धरने पर बैठे लोगों ने खाली किया आंबेडकर पार्क". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 26 March 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  5. Liberation, Vol. 10. Nimai Ghose. 2003. p. 26.
  6. "किसानों के फसल नुकसान का उचित मुआवजा दे सरकार: अमरनाथ यादव". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 21 March 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  7. Verma, Nalin (1 April 2004). "A wife in burqa hits Siwan streets". The Telegraph (Kolkata). Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  8. Guha Roy, Anirban (8 May 2014). "Shahabuddin is past, Bihar's badlands breathe easier". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  9. Times of India. Don's wife looks to restore husband's legacy in Siwan
  10. "CPIML In The Battle of 2019". Liberation (India). Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  11. Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1990 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR
  12. Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1995 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR
  13. Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 32. Sameeksha Trust. 1997. p. 815.
  14. Lokayan Bulletin, Vol. 13, Eds. 1-6. Lokayan. 1996. p. 26.
  15. The Tribune. 13 BJP MLAs held
  16. Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2000 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR
  17. Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2005 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR
  18. Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1999 TO THE 13th LOK SABHA - VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS) Archived July 18, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  19. Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 2004 TO THE 14th LOK SABHA - VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)
  20. Election Commission of India. 25 - Constituency Wise Detailed Result
  21. IBN Live. LS polls: 6 Bihar seats in last phase; BJP, RJD bank on caste, JDU on work
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