Mahendra Yadav (Nepali politician)

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{{short description|Nepali politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Mahendra Yadav
| native_name =महेन्द्र यादव
| image =
| father =
| website =
| alma_mater = [[Tribhuvan University]]
| residence =
| spouse =
| nationality = [[Nepalese people|Nepalese]]
| birth_place = [[Janakpur]], [[Dhanusa District|Dhanusa]], [[Nepal]]
| birth_date =
| party = [[Nepali Congress]]
| constituency2 = Proportional list
| office =Deputy General Secretary of [[Nepali Congress]]
| term_start = 17 December 2021
| term_end =
| successor =
| predecessor =[[Prakash Sharan Mahat]]
| office1 = [[Ministry of Water Supply (Nepal)|Minister for Water Supply and Sanitation]]
| term_end2 = 14 October 2017
| term_start2 = 28 May 2008
| office2 = Member of the [[1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly|Constituent Assembly]] / [[2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly|Legislature Parliament]]
| term_end1 = 15 February 2018
| term_start1 = 26 July 2017<ref>{{Cite web|title=PM Deuba expands cabinet for second time, 19 ministers sworn in|url=http://edusanjal.com/news/pm-deuba-expands-cabinet-second-time-19-ministers-sworn/|access-date=2021-06-24|website=Edusanjal|language=en}}</ref>
| successor1 = [[Bina Magar]]
| predecessor1 = [[Prem Bahadur Singh]]
| mother =
}}

'''Mahendra Yadav''' ([[Nepali language|Nepali]]: महेन्द्र यादव) is a [[Nepalis|Nepali]] politician of [[Nepali Congress]] and former [[Ministry of Water Supply (Nepal)|Minister of Water Supply and Sanitation]] in [[Deuba cabinet, 2017|Deuba cabinet]]. He is also Deputy general secretary of [[Nepali Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nepali Congress|url=http://nepalicongress.org/|access-date=2021-06-24|website=nepalicongress.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Setopati|first=सेतोपाटी संवाददाता ::|title=मधेसी (सहमहामन्त्री)मा देउवा प्यानलका महेन्द्र यादव विजयी|url=https://www.setopati.com/mahadebeshan-bishesh/congres/257193/|access-date=2021-12-17|website=Setopati|language=hi}}</ref>

== Political life ==
The 3rd general convention of Tarul Dal which was held in Chitawan, July 17–20, 2007 had elected Mahendra Yadav as the new president of [[Nepal Tarun Dal]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Singh|first=Rishi|date=2008-01-31|title=Tarun Dal to press NC for poll seats|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/tarun-dal-to-press-nc-for-poll-seats|access-date=2021-06-24|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en}}</ref> He is close to former DPM [[Bimalendra Nidhi]] and PM [[Sher Bahadur Deuba]] from the same time he supported [[Nepali Congress (Democratic)|Nepali Congress(Democratic)]] whose president was Deuba and general secretary was Nidhi. He is also served as member of the [[1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly|1st Constituent Assembly]] and [[2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly|2nd Constituent Assembly]] from [[Nepali Congress]] party.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ram Krishna Yadav|url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45023343|access-date=2021-06-24|website=www.wikidata.org|language=en}}</ref> He joined [[Deuba cabinet, 2017|Deuba cabinet]] on 26 July 2017 as [[Ministry of Water Supply (Nepal)|Minister of Water Supply and Sanitation]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mausam|date=2017-07-31|title=New agricultural programmes and policies on the offing: Minister Yadav|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/new-agricultural-programmes-policies-offing-minister-yadav|access-date=2021-06-24|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=PM Deuba expands cabinet for second time, 19 ministers sworn in|url=http://edusanjal.com/news/pm-deuba-expands-cabinet-second-time-19-ministers-sworn/|access-date=2021-06-24|website=Edusanjal|language=en}}</ref>

== Electoral history ==
He filled candidacy from Dhanusha-4 but was lost with small margin due to caste factor, intra-party misunderstanding and two Yadav candidates in field.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sen|first=Sandeep|date=2017-12-03|title=Caste equations likely to play crucial role in Dhanusha|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/caste-equations-likely-to-play-crucial-role-in-dhanusha|access-date=2021-06-24|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en}}</ref> Previously, he represented in both constituent assemblies from prooportional list of Nepali Congress.

=== [[2017 Nepalese legislative election|2017 legislative elections]] ===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |[[Dhanusha 4 (constituency)|Dhanusha-4]]
|-
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}" |
|[[CPN (UML)|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|[[Raghubir Mahaseth]]
|22,532
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[[Nepali Congress]]
|[[Mahendra Yadav (Nepali Politician)|Mahendra Yadav]]
|19,991
|-
| style="background-color:#ffc0cb" |
|[[Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal]]
|Mahajan Yadav
|19,662
|-
|
| colspan="2" |Others
|1,271
|-
| colspan="3" |Invalid votes
|3,861
|-
! colspan="2" |Result
! colspan="2" |CPN (UML) gain
|-
| colspan="4" |Source: [https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral.aspx Election Commission]
|}

== See also ==

* [[Bimalendra Nidhi]]
* [[Ram Krishna Yadav (Nepali Politician)|Ram Krishna Yadav]]
* [[Ananda Prasad Dhungana]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Nepali Congress politicians]]
[[Category:Nepali Congress (Democratic) politicians]]
[[Category:Nepal MPs 2017–]]
[[Category:Government ministers of Nepal]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Date of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:People from Dhanusha District]]
[[Category:Madhesi people]]
[[Category:Nepalese Hindus]]
[[Category:Tribhuvan University alumni]]

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