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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Other uses|Sunil Singh (disambiguation){{!}}Sunil Singh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
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| name = Sunil Singh Yadav
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| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1981|2|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Unnao]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
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| office = [[Minister of State|Dairy and Milk Minister of State]]
| term_start = 21 May 2013
| term_end = 14 March 2017
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| party = [[Samajwadi Party]]
| spouse =
| alma_mater = [[University of Lucknow|Lucknow University]]
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'''Sunil Singh Yadav''' (born 16 February 1981) also known as ''' Sunil Singh Sajan''' is an Indian [[politician]] Sunil elected as Member of Legislative Council from Lucknow-Unnao seat 2016-2022). He was assigned [[Minister of State|Dairy And Milk State Minister]] in [[Akhilesh Yadav]]'s cabinet in [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/article519340.ece?service=print
|title=Akhilesh's stars missing, good intentions lost
|date=5 May 2012
|work=New Indian Express
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.0hag.com/ensure-victory-samajwadi-party-mulayam-singh-tells-ministers/
|title=Ensure victory for Samajwadi Party, Mulayam Singh tells UP ministers
|date=2 February 2014
|work=Ohag
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|url=http://hindi.oneindia.in/news/2012/03/11/uttar-pradesh-akhilesh-yadav-up-assembly-polls-2012-uttar-pradesh-aid0163.html
|title=अखिलेश के इन धुरंधरों ने बनाया साइकिल को रॉकेट
|date=11 March 2012
|work=
|language=Hindi}}</ref> He is National President of [[Samajwadi Party]] Kshatra Sabha.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5658454
|title=SP names heads of youth wings
|date=7 Dec 2011
|work=MNS News
|access-date=24 July 2014
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728182011/http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5658454
|archive-date=28 July 2014
|url-status=dead
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|url=http://abpnews.abplive.in/incoming/2014/02/15/article263171.ece/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82-%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82-%E0%A4%AA#.U9EJ_EA5HEQ
|title=गोरखपुर रैली में विरोधियों पर आज बरसेंगे
|date=15 February 2014
|work=[[ABP News]]
|language=Hindi}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
He hails from Bachuwa Kheda Hilauli village in [[Unnao]] district of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. He is MA and [[LLB]] from [[Lucknow University]], [[Lucknow]].<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://election.jagranjunction.com/2012/03/14/akhilesh-yadav-new-cm-of-uttar-pradesh/
|title=अखिलेश यादव : एक नजर यूपी के भावी मुख्यमंत्री पर
|date=14 Mar 2012
|work=Jagran
|language=Hindi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|url=http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5658454
|title=SP names heads of youth wings
|date=7 Dec 2011
|work=MNS News
|access-date=24 July 2014
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728182011/http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5658454
|archive-date=28 July 2014
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>

== Political career ==
He joined [[Samajwadi Party]] on 1 October 1998. And now he is Member of Legislative Council (MLC) from Lucknow-Unnao seat. Sunil presents his party as spokesperson also.

Sunil contested his first election as student leader and was elected Vice President of KKV College, [[Lucknow University]] on 20 April 1999 and later on 9 November 2004 he was elected as President of KKC College, [[Lucknow University]].

Later, he was elected as State President of Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha (Student wing of [[Samajwadi Party]]) on 26 April 2005. He was elected as
National President of Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha on 10 December 2010.

Sunil Singh Yadav was part of a delegation as National President of Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha which visited China on 20 September 2011. This delegation had 500 government officials, heads of other youth organizations, social workers, entrepreneurs, college students and rural youth representatives. During the 10-day stay, this delegation participated in cultural exchange activities with young Chinese people and visited to companies, communities, universities and rural areas of People's Republic of China.

He as the eyes and ears of CM [[Akhilesh Yadav]]. He is a former president of the city's Jai Narain Degree College Students' Union. Sunil was the architect of the first agitation by the SP against the current [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] government, on 8 January 2008, when it sought restoration of the students' union and opposed fee hike. When he was beaten up by the police and jailed for 19 days, Akhilesh sat on his first Dharna, outside the SSP Lucknow's office.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/uttar-pradesh/ensure-victory-for-samajwadi-party-mulayam-singh-tells-up-ministers_908299.html
|title=Ensure victory for Samajwadi Party, Mulayam Singh tells UP ministers
|date=2 February 2014
|work=[[Zee News]]
}}</ref>

Sunil Yadav's position was cemented as police continued to crack down on SP men. While Leader of the Opposition [[Shivpal Singh Yadav]] was slapped by a policeman, an SP worker lost his life in police firing. Another committed self-immolation at [[Jantar Mantar]] in [[New Delhi]].

By the time [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]] had withdrawn the agitation, Sunil Singh was a known name in the party. Currently national president of the SP's students' wing, Sunil again shot into news when he was pinned down by Lucknow DIG D K Thakur during an SP agitation against price rise in [[Lucknow]] on 9 April 2011. He broke his hand and was sent to prison.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/rj-to-college-owner-team-akhilesh-as-new-sp/917188/
|title=RJ to college owner: Team Akhilesh as new SP
|date=27 February 2012
|work=Indian Express
}}</ref>

On 21 May 2013, he was made state minister of dairy and milk in UP CM [[Akhilesh Yadav]]'s cabinet.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.livehindustan.com/news/location/rajwarkhabre/article1-Milk-production-Sunil-Yadav-Uttar-Pradesh-Dairy-Development-Department-0-0-431225.html
|title=दुग्ध उत्पादन में नंबर वन बनाना लक्ष्य: सुनील यादव
|date=June 13, 2014
|work=Live Hindustan
|language=Hindi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|url=http://regionalnews.in/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6-%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%9B%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF-%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AC-%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0/
|title=प्रदेश की छवि खराब करने पर तुला मीडिया- सुनील यादव
|date=
|work=Regional News
|language=Hindi}}</ref>

On 27 April 2014 UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav sent his point man Sunil Singh Sajan to lead a team of 50 party volunteers with the relief material from the state for the needy people in quake hit Kathmandu. This relief team consisted Members from SP’s all four youth wings – Samajwadi Yuvjan Sabha, Lohia Vahini, Samajwadi Kshatra Sabha and Mulayam Singh Youth.

<ref>{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/world/neighbours/akhilesh-yadavs-key-aide-sunil-singh-sajan-in-nepal-for-relief-work/
|title=Akhilesh Yadav's key aide Sunil Singh Sajan in Nepal for relief work
|date=1 May 2015
|work=Indian Express
}}</ref>

==References==
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<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/world/neighbours/akhilesh-yadavs-key-aide-sunil-singh-sajan-in-nepal-for-relief-work/|title = Akhilesh Yadav's key aide Sunil Singh Sajan in Nepal for relief work|date = May 2015}}</ref>

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[[Category:1981 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:People from Unnao district]]
[[Category:Samajwadi Party politicians]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Uttar Pradesh]]

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