Vijendra Kumar Yadav

Not to be confused with Vijendra Yadav.

Vijendra Kumar Yadav
Member (MLA) of Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office Oct 2005 – 2010
Preceded by	Rameshwar Prasad
Succeeded by	Sanjay Singh Tiger
In office 2000 – Feb 2005
Preceded by	Rameshwar Prasad
Succeeded by	Rameshwar Prasad
Constituency	Sandesh
Personal details
Born	1962 Lasardhi, Bhojpur district, Bihar
Political party	Janata Dal (United)
Other political affiliations	Rashtriya Janata Dal
Relations	Arun Yadav (brother) Kiran Yadav (sister-in-law)
Parent	Bhuvneshwar Prasad Singh (father)
Residence(s)	Patna, Bihar
Alma mater	BA from Magadh University in 1982
Profession	Politician

Vijendra Kumar Yadav (born 1962) is an Indian politician and a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly of India. He represented the Sandesh constituency in Bhojpur district of Bihar. He was elected in 2000 as a member of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) but later left the party to join JD(U).

Career

Vijendra Yadav become first time MLA in 2000 from Sandesh constituency by defeating Rameshwar Prasad (sitting MLA) and Sondhari Singh Yadav of Samata Party (ex-MLA).

Vijendra Yadav lost the February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election to Rameshwar Prasad, but again re-elected to same constituency in October 2005 and remained till 2010.

In 2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Vijendra Yadav and his younger brother Arun Yadav both contested against each other from Sandesh constituency. But both of them lost to Sanjay Singh Tiger of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Family

His younger brother Arun Yadav was MLA of Sandesh from 2015 to 2020. In 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Vijendra Yadav lost to his sister-in-law Kiran Devi Yadav of RJD. Kiran Yadav is wife of Arun Yadav.