Shivpal Singh Yadav

Shivpal Singh Yadav
Shivpal Singh Yadav
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (M.L.A.)
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 17 October 1996
Preceded by	Mulayam Singh Yadav
Constituency	Jaswantnagar
Cabinet Minister in Uttar Pradesh Government
	In office; 15 March 2012 – 24 October 2016
	In office; 06 September 2003[1] – 11 May 2007
Uttar Pradesh state president, Samajwadi Party
	In office; 13 September 2016 – 1 January 2017
Preceded by	Akhilesh Yadav
Succeeded by	Naresh Uttam Patel
	In office; 6 January 2009 – 4 June 2009[2]
Preceded by	Ram Sharan Das
Succeeded by	Akhilesh Yadav
Uttar Pradesh state incharge, Samajwadi Party
	In office; 12 April 2016[3] – 13 September 2016
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	n/a
Leader of the Opposition, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	In office; 26 May 2009 – 9 March 2012
Preceded by	Mulayam Singh Yadav
Succeeded by	Swami Prasad Maurya
Personal details
Born	6 April 1955; Saifai, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party	Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya) Samajwadi Party (till 2018)
Spouse(s)	Sarla Yadav
Relations	Mulayam Singh Yadav (brother); Ram Gopal Yadav (cousin); Akhilesh Yadav (nephew); Dharmendra Yadav (nephew); Akshay Yadav (nephew); Tej Pratap Singh Yadav (grandnephew)
Children	2
Residence	Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Alma mater	K.K. P.G. College, Etawah, Kanpur University (B.A.) (1976),; Lucknow Christian College, University of Lucknow (B.P.Ed.) (1977)[4]
Website	http://shivpalsinghyadav.com

Shivpal Singh Yadav (born 6 April 1955) is a politician from Uttar Pradesh, India. He was born in Saifai village, Etawah district, and is a younger brother of Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav and uncle of the former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav. He was a Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, representing the Jaswantnagar seat in Etawah district, between 2007–12. He is the founder of Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya).[5]

Career

Yadav was the leader of Opposition in Uttar Pradesh Assembly since 2007[6] during the Mayawati regime.

On 31 January 2017, Yadav announced he would form a new political party after the 2017 Assembly election.

On 28 September 2018, He announced his new political party named Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party.[7]

On 24 October 2018, He was given Election Commission of India approval for the party officially named Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya).[8]

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