Renu Kumari Yadav
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Renu Kumari Yadav | |
|---|---|
| रेनु कुमारी यादव | |
| Joint chairman of People's Socialist Party | |
| Assumed office 5 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | position established |
| Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation | |
| In office 8 October 2021 – 4 July 2022 | |
| President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
| Preceded by | Basanta Kumar Nembwang |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Estiyak Rai |
| Minister for Education | |
| In office 2008–2009 | |
| President | Ram Baran Yadav |
| Prime Minister | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
| Minister for Women, Children and Social Affairs | |
| In office 2003–2004 | |
| Monarch | Birendra of Nepal |
| Prime Minister | Surya Bahadur Thapa |
| Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
| In office 4 March 2018 – 2023 | |
| In office May 1999 – May 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Anis Ansari |
| Succeeded by | Mahesh Prasad Yadav |
| Constituency | Saptari 3 |
| Member of Constituent Assembly | |
| In office 28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Jagadish Prasad Sah |
| Succeeded by | Tara Kanta Chaudhary |
| Constituency | Saptari 4 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 16, 1959[1] Forbesganj, Bihar, India |
| Nationality | Nepali |
| Political party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | Nepali Congress Rastriya Prajatantra Party Rastriya Janashakti Party Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Samajbadi Party, Nepal People's Socialist Party, Nepal |
Renu Kumari Yadav (Nepali: रेणु कुमारी यादव) (born 16 January 1959) is a Nepali politician and member of House of Representatives on proportional representation.[2]
She most recently served as the Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation of Nepal in the ruling coalition government led by Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba.[3] Recently, Yadav resigned from the People's Socialist Party, Nepal.[4]
Personal life
[edit]Yadav was born on June 19, 1963, in Forbesganj, India to Rameshwor Prasad and Chintamani Devi Yadav. She belongs to the Ahir community.[5]
Political life
[edit]Yadav was elected as a Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) candidate to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election from the Saptari 3 constituency.[6] In 2002 she was elected to the central committee of the RPP.[7]
In June 2003, she was named Minister for Women, Children and Social Affairs in the Surya Bahadur Thapa-led cabinet appointed by King Gyanendra.[8] When the RPP was divided and Thapa broke away and formed the Rastriya Janshakti Party, Yadav joined the new RJP.
In February 2008 she resigned from the parliament and left RJP, in support of the Madhesi agitation.[9][10]
In April 2008, she won the Saptari 4 seat in the Constituent Assembly election as a Madhesi Janadhikar Forum candidate.[11] In late May 2008, she was included in the central committee of MJF.[12] She was subsequently appointed as Minister of Education and sworn in on August 22, 2008.[13]
Controversies
[edit]- Leading party split : As per trusted sources and national media's, Yadav wanted to split the with seven other MPs which included Bimal Prasad Shrivastav, Surendra Kumar Yadav, Mohammad Estiyak Rai, Pradeep Yadav, Umashankar Argariya, Kalu Devi Bishwakarma and Renuka Gurung. Though the plan went unsuccess do to last moment merger of Samajbadi Party, Nepal and Rastriya Janata Party Nepal to form People's Socialist Party, Nepal it was highly covered by national medias.[14][15][16]
- Gaur incident : Minister Yadav was shown black flag in Gaur, Rautahat on 20 January 2021 by farmers and party cadets of Janamat party led by CK Raut. After this incident, she said not to make a challenge else Raut and fellow farmers would be killed and that the incident of Gaur Rice mill would repeat when her party workers with Upendra Yadav present killed 28 Maoist workers led by Prabhu Sah trying to organize program on same field of rice mill.[17][18][19][20]
Electoral history
[edit]| Saptari 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Tara Kanta Chaudhary | 8,217 | |
| Nepali Congress | Dinesh Kumar Yadav | 6,985 | |
| Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) | Satya Narayan Yadav | 4,384 | |
| Sadbhavana Party | Jismul Khan | 4,141 | |
| Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal | Renu Kumari Yadav | 3,007 | |
| Independent | Surya Narayan Mandal | 1,533 | |
| Rastriya Madhesh Samajbadi Party | Gajendra Kumar Mandal | 1,515 | |
| Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party | Puspa Thakur | 1,005 | |
| Others | 5,996 | ||
| Result | CPN (UML) gain | ||
| Source: NepalNews[21] | |||
| Saptari 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
| Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal | Renu Kumari Yadav | 12,681 | |
| Nepal Sadbhavana Party (Anandidevi) | Jismul Khan | 7,590 | |
| Nepali Congress | Dinesh Kumar Yadav | 6,070 | |
| Sadbhavana Party | Satya Narayan Yadav | 5,344 | |
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Jagadish Prasad Sah | 5,254 | |
| CPN (Maoist) | Chhedi Safi | 2,899 | |
| Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party | Surendra Narayan Mandal | 2,536 | |
| Dalit Janajati Party | Jagajiwan Ram | 1,966 | |
| Others | 4,678 | ||
| Invalid votes | 2,974 | ||
| Result | MJFN gain | ||
| Source: Election Commission[22] | |||
| Saptari 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Renu Kumari Yadav | 17,231 | |
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Suman Raj Pyakurel | 10,910 | |
| Nepali Congress | Anis Ansari | 10,803 | |
| Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Surya Narayan Mandal | 10,126 | |
| Others | 2,699 | ||
| Invalid Votes | 1,914 | ||
| Result | RPP gain | ||
| Source: Election Commission[23][24] | |||
| Saptari 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
| Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Anis Ansari | 12,743 | |
| Independent | Surya Narayan Mandal | 8,921 | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Renu Kumari Yadav | 6,411 | |
| Nepali Congress | Dev Narayan Yadav | 5,431 | |
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Jaya Krishna Goit | 5,367 | |
| Independent | Shiva Prasad Pokharel | 2,590 | |
| Others | 999 | ||
| Result | NSP gain | ||
| Source: Election Commission[23] | |||
References
[edit]- ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
- ^ "Bihar News: भारत की बेटी रेणु यादव नेपाल में पीएम शेर बहादुर देउवा के मंत्रिमंडल में बनी मंत्री, जानिए बिहार से कनेक्शन". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Retrieved 2022-01-21.
- ^ "Minister Renu Yadav warns of violence to suppress CK Raut's rise - OnlineKhabar English News". Retrieved 2022-01-21.
- ^ "रेणु यादवले दिइन् पार्टीबाट राजीनामा". Nepal Live. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
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- ^ "Cabinet formed including MJF, UML fails to join"[permanent dead link], Nepalnews, August 22, 2008.
- ^ Setopati, Sanjib Bagale. "Seven Socialist Party lawmakers announce split under Renu Yadav". Setopati. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
- ^ Setopati, सन्जिब बगाले. "रेणु यादवको नेतृत्वमा समाजवादी पार्टी फुटाउने सात सांसदको निर्णय". Setopati (in Hindi). Retrieved 2022-01-21.
- ^ "रेणु यादवको नेतृत्वमा समाजवादी पार्टी फुट्दै, ८ सांसदको हस्ताक्षर तयार". रिपोर्टर्स नेपाल. 2020-04-22. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
- ^ Bhattacherjee, Kallol (2022-01-21). "Nepal civil society figures call for Minister's removal after hate speech". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
- ^ "Minister Renu Yadav warns of violence to suppress CK Raut's rise - OnlineKhabar English News". Retrieved 2022-01-22.
- ^ Acharya123himal (2022-01-20). "Minister Renu Yadav threatened to kill CK Raut". Himal Sanchar. Archived from the original on 2022-01-22. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
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