Parasnath Yadav

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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox Indian politician
| name = Parasnath Yadav
| image =
| image_size = 240px
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1949|1|12}}
| birth_place = [[Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh|Jaunpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| residence = [[Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh|Jaunpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2020|06|12|1949|1|12}}
| death_place = [[Jaunpur district|Jaunpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]<ref>{{cite news|title=जौनपुर: पूर्व मंत्री और मल्हनी विधायक पारसनाथ यादव का निधन|url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/former-minister-and-mla-parasnath-yadav-passed-away-in-jaunpur|date=12 June 2020|accessdate=12 June 2020|work=Amar Ujala}}</ref>
| death_cause = [[Bladder cancer]]
| constituency1 = [[Malhani (Assembly constituency)]]
| constituency3 = [[Mariyahu (Assembly constituency)]]
| term =
| predecessor1 = Constituency created
| successor1 =
| party = [[Samajwadi Party]]
| spouse = {{married|Hirawati Devi|1970|2016|end=d.}}
| children = 3 sons and 1 daughter
| website =
| footnotes =
| date = 12 June|
| year = 2020|
| source = http://parasnathyadav.com
| parents = Shree Ram Yadav
| office1 = Member, [[Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start1 = March 2012
| term_end1 = June 2020 (died)
| office7 = [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]] <br> [[Jaunpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jaunpur]]
| term_start7 = May 2004
| term_end7 = May 2009
| predecessor7 = [[Chinmayanand (politician)|Swami Chinmayanand]]
| successor7 = [[Dhananjay Singh]]
| term_start8 = February 1998
| term_end8 = October 1999
| predecessor8 = Rajshekhar Singh
| successor8 = [[Chinmayanand (politician)|Swami Chinmayanand]]
| office10 = Minister of State for Secondary Education <br> [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start10 = December 1989
| term_end10 = April 1991
| 1blankname10 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata10 = [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]
| office9 = Minister of Animal Husbandry <br> [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start9 = August 2003
| term_end9 = May 2004
| 1blankname9 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata9 = [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]
| term_start2 = February 2002
| term_end2 = May 2004
| predecessor2 = B R Verma
| successor2 = Shraddha Yadav
| term_start3 = October 1996
| term_end3 = March 1998
| predecessor3 = Savitri Devi
| successor3 = B R Verma
| term_start4 = December 1993
| term_end4 = October 1995
| predecessor4 = Raghu Raj
| successor4 = Vansh Narayan
| term_start5 = March 1985
| term_end5 = April 1991 (2 terms)
| predecessor5 = Ram Krishan
| successor5 = Raghu Raj
| successor6 = [[S. P. Singh Baghel]]
| constituency5 = Barsathi (Assembly constituency)
| office6 = Minister of Livestock, Minor Irrigation <br> [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start6 = March 2012
| term_end6 = March 2017
| 1blankname6 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata6 = [[Akhilesh Yadav]]
}}

'''Parasnath Yadav''' (12 January 1949 – 12 June 2020) was an Indian politician and was elected 7 times [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] in [[Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]], 3 times Minister in [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]] and 2 times [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] from [[Jaunpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jaunpur (Loksabha constituency)]]. He was suffering from [[bladder cancer]] for many years, eventually he died on the 12 June 2020 at his residence in [[Jaunpur district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]. He had a problem with [[Prostate]]. He went to [[Mumbai]] for treatment. He was undergoing treatment at [[Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital|Kokilaben dhirubhai ambani Hospital]]. He had returned to [[Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh|Jaunpur]] from [[Mumbai]] and after few days he died due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic|Corona.]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-12|title=मुलायम सिंह यादव के करीबी और समाजवादी पार्टी के वरिष्ठ नेता पारसनाथ यादव का निधन|url=https://zeenews.india.com/hindi/india/up-uttarakhand/senior-samajwadi-party-leader-parasnath-yadav-passes-away-in-his-jaunpur-residence/694784|access-date=2020-06-12|website=Zee Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Mishra|first=Shiv Kumar|date=2020-06-12|title=समाजवादी पार्टी के नेता और पूर्व मंत्री व विधायक पारस नाथ यादव का निधन|url=https://specialcoveragenews.in/uttar-pradesh/lucknow/samajwadi-party-leader-and-former-minister-and-mla-paras-nath-yadav-passed-away-1131742|access-date=2020-06-12|website=Special Coverage News|language=hi}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Yadav was born 12 January 1949 in [[Jaunpur district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]] to his father Shree Ram Yadav.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Paras Nath Yadav(Samajwadi Party(SP)):Constituency- MALHANI(JAUNPUR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:|url=http://myneta.info/uttarpradesh2017/candidate.php?candidate_id=5287|access-date=2020-06-12|website=myneta.info}}</ref> He married with Hirawati Devi in 1970, who also on post of [[Block pramukh|Block Pramukh]] of Barsathi till his death (2016).<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=सपा मंत्री पारसनाथ यादव की पत्नी हीरावती देवी का निधन|url=https://m.patrika.com/jaunpur-news/sp-minister-parasnath-yadav-wife-heerawati-death-from-heart-attack-1468561/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-12|website=Patrika News|language=hindi}}</ref> They have three sons and one daughter. He belongs from a [[Other Backward Class|Backward Class]] ([[Yadav]]) community. He attend Sewashram Inter College Suriyawan, [[Varanasi district|Varanasi]] and attained [[Higher Secondary School Certificate|Intermediate Certificate]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=सदस्य उत्तर प्रदेश विधान सभा|url=http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/Members/main_members_hi.aspx#/Data/12157/17|access-date=2020-06-12|website=uplegisassembly.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (UPLA): Member info|url=http://www.upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in/member?memberId=20103|access-date=2020-06-12|website=www.upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in}}</ref>

On 12 June 2020, he died in age of 71 at his house in the [[Jaunpur district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]] due to [[Bladder cancer]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=TNN|first=|last2=|last3=|first3=|date=|title=Paras Nath Yadav: Samajwadi Party leader Paras Nath Yadav passes away {{!}} Varanasi News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/samajwadi-party-leader-paras-nath-yadav-passes-away/articleshow/76340125.cms|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-12|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Rai|first=Vidya Shankar|date=2020-06-12|title=सपा नेता और पूर्व मंत्री पारसनाथ यादव का 71 साल की उम्र में निधन, समाजवादी पार्टी में शोक की लहर|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/news/sp-leader-and-former-minister-parasnath-yadav-dies-at-71-wave-of-mourning-in-samajwadi-party-127401796.html|access-date=2020-06-12|website=Dainik Bhaskar|language=hi}}</ref>

==Political career==
Yadav was started his politics journey in [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|9th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] (1985) elections, he got ticket by [[Lokdal|Lok Dal]] from Barsathi (Assembly constituency). He contest and elected [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] by defeating [[Indian National Congress|INC's]] Rama Krishna by a margin of 6,008 (9.38℅) votes. He was also a Member in Public Enterprises and Corporation Joint Committee (1987-1988) and Question and Reference Committee (1988-1989).<ref name="1985 Election Results">{{cite news|title= Uttar Pradesh 1985 Election Results|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] website|accessdate=13 June 2020|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3255-uttar-pradesh-1985/}}</ref>

In second term, in [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|10th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] (1989) elections, he elected MLA second continuously by defeating [[Indian National Congress|INC's]] Lakshmi Shankar Yadav by a margin of 11,276 (12.23℅) votes. He was appointed as Minister of State for Secondary Education in [[Mulayam Singh Yadav|Mulayam Singh Yadav ministry]].<ref name="1989 Election Results">{{cite news|title=Uttar Pradesh 1989 Election Results|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] website|accessdate=13 June 2020|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3256-uttar-pradesh-1989/}}</ref> In 1991 elections, he left from [[Lokdal|Lok Dal]] and joined [[Janata Party]]. He again contest from Barsathi but lost by [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP's]] Raghuraj and stood on third with 14,686 (17℅) votes.<ref name="1991 Election Results">{{cite news|title= 1991 Uttar Pradesh Election Results|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] website|accessdate=13 June 2020|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3257-uttar-pradesh-1991/}}</ref> In 1992, when [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]] founded the [[Samajwadi Party]], Yadav also left the [[Janata Party]] and joined the [[Samajwadi Party]]. From then till his death he remained associated with [[Samajwadi Party]]. He was the closest leader to [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]].

In his third Legislature term, in [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|12th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] (1993) elections, he got ticket by [[Samajwadi Party]] from Barsathi and he elected [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]. Their winning margin also increased over time, he defeated his nearest candidate [[Indian National Congress|INC's]] Shachindra Nath Tripathi by a huge margin of 41,843 (31.85℅) votes.<ref name="1993 Election Results">{{cite news|title= 1993 Election Results|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] website|accessdate=13 June 2020|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3258-uttar-pradesh-1993/}}</ref>

In his fourth Legislature term, in the [[13th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] (1996) elections, the [[Samajwadi Party]] did not give him a ticket from his regular assembly and gave him a ticket from [[Mariyahu (Assembly constituency)]]. He was also not harmed by changing the assembly constituency and he defeated [[BJP]]'s Jagannath Rao by a margin of 11,518 (9.04℅) votes and was elected MLA. He was also made a member of the "Joint Committee on Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes" (1997–1998).<ref name="1996 Election Results">{{cite news|title=Uttar Pradesh 1996 Election Results|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] website|accessdate=13 June 2020|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3259-uttar-pradesh-1996/}}</ref>

In [[12th Lok Sabha]] (1998) elections, the [[Samajwadi Party]] made him its candidate from [[Jaunpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jaunpur (Lok sabha constituency)]] in the middle of his fourth Legislative term. He contest against contemporaneous [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]] BJP's Raj Keshar Singh. He defeated Raj Keshar Singh by a margin of 13,426 (1.92℅) votes and was elected [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]] of [[Jaunpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jaunpur]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Jaunpur Lok Sabha Election Result - Parliamentary Constituency|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/jaunpur-lok-sabha|access-date=2020-06-13|website=resultuniversity.com}}</ref> They also contested in [[13th Lok Sabha]] (1999) elections, but lost by BJP's [[Chinmayanand (politician)|Swami Chinmayanand]] by a close margin of 8,635 (1.25℅) votes.<ref name=":0" />

In his fifth Legislature term, in the [[14th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] (2002) elections, he again contest from [[Mariyahu (Assembly constituency)|Mariyahu]] and defeated his nearest candidate Barkhu Ram Verma ([[Independent politician|Independent]]) by a margin of 7,077 (5.16℅) votes. In 2003, after the fall of the [[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]] government, when [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]] became the [[List of chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]], he also got a place in the his cabinet with portfolios of Animal Husbandry. In [[14th Lok Sabha]] (2004) elections, despite being a minister, the [[Samajwadi Party]] again gave him a ticket from [[Jaunpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jaunpur (Lok Sabha Constituency)]]. He elected second time MP of [[Jaunpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jaunpur]] by defeating [[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP's]] Om Prakash Dubey alias Baba Dubey by a margin of 27,125 (3.80℅) votes. He was also made a member of several committees of Parliament. He also contested in [[15th Lok Sabha]] (2009) elections, but lost by BSP's [[Dhananjay Singh]] by a margin of 80,381 (10.52℅) votes.<ref name=":0" />

In his sixth Legislature term, in the [[16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] (2012) elections, [[Samajwadi Party]] gave him ticket from newly created [[Malhani (Assembly constituency)]]. He defeated [[Independent politician|Independent candidate]] Dr Jagriti Singh (wife of [[Dhananjay Singh]]) by a huge margin of 31,502 (16.28℅) votes and elected [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] of [[Malhani (Assembly constituency)|Malhani]]. After the elections, the [[Samajwadi Party]] government was formed and [[Akhilesh Yadav]] became the new [[List of chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]]. He was also appointed as Cabinet Minister in [[Akhilesh Yadav ministry]] with portfolios of Minor Irrigation and Animal Husbandry. In [[16th Lok Sabha]] (2014) elections, despite being a minister, [[Samajwadi Party]] again made him its candidate from [[Jaunpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jaunpur (Lok Sabha Constituency)]]. He contest in election but lost in Modi wave, he lost by [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP's]] [[Krishna Pratap|Krishna Pratap Singh]] and stood on third with 1,80,003 (17.87℅) votes.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Malhani Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/malhani-uttar-pradesh-assembly-constituency|access-date=2020-06-15|website=resultuniversity.com}}</ref>

In his last or seventh Legislature term, in [[Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] (2017) elections, he again contest from [[Malhani (Assembly constituency)|Malhani]]. He defeated [[NISHAD Party]] candidate [[Dhananjay Singh]] by a margin of 21,210 (10.30℅) votes and elected MLA. In June 2020, during the tenure of his seventh legislature, he died by [[Bladder cancer]]. He continued to serve the people of [[Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh|Jaunpur]] till his death.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" />

==Posts held==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! From !! To !! Position !! Office
|-
|2017 || 2020 || Member, [[17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] ||[[Malhani (Assembly constituency)|Malhani]]
|-
|2012 || 2017 || Cabinet Minister, Minor Irrigation and Animal Husbandry||[[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
|-
|2012 || 2017 ||Member, [[16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] ||[[Malhani (Assembly constituency)|Malhani]]
|-
| 2004 ||2009 || Member, [[14th Lok Sabha]]||[[Jaunpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jaunpur]]
|-
| 2003 ||2004 || Cabinet Minister, Animal Husbandry ||[[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
|-
|2002 || 2004 || Member, [[2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|14th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]]||[[Mariyahu (Assembly constituency)|Mariyahu]]
|-
|1998 ||1999 || Member, [[12th Lok Sabha]] ||[[Jaunpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jaunpur]]
|-
|1997 || 1998|| Member, Joint Committee on Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Declined Castes||[[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
|-
|1996 || 1998 || Member, [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|13th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]]
||[[Mariyahu (Assembly constituency)|Mariyahu]]
|-
|1993 ||1995 || Member, [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|12th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]]|| Barsathi
|-
|1989 || 1991 ||Minister of State, Secondary Education||[[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
|-
|1989 ||1991 || Member, [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|10th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]]
|| Barsathi
|-
|1988 || 1989 || Member, Question and Reference Committee ||[[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
|-
|1987 || 1988 || Member, Public Enterprises and Corporation Joint Committee||[[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
|-
| 1985 || 1989 || Member, [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|9th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]]|| Barsathi
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://parasnathyadav.com/ Parasnath Yadav's website]

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[[Category:People from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:People from Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:14th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–]]
[[Category:Samajwadi Party politicians]]
[[Category:12th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2012–2017]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2002–2007]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1997–2002]]

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