Chandrapal Singh Yadav

Chandrapal Singh Yadav
MP of Rajya Sabha for Uttar Pradesh
In office 26 November 2014 – 25 November 2020
Succeeded by	Hardwar Dubey
Constituency	Uttar Pradesh
MP (Lok Sabha)
In office May 2004 – May 2009
Preceded by	Sujan Singh Bundela
Succeeded by	Pradeep Jain Aditya
Constituency	Jhansi-Lalitpur
Personal details
Born	(1959-03-19) 19 March 1959 Dakor, Uttar Pradesh
Political party	Samajwadi Party
Spouse(s)	Gyanwati Yadav
Children	1 son and 1 daughter
Residence	Jhansi
As of 21 September, 2006

Chandrapal Singh Yadav (born 19 March 1959, Dakor,Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh) is an Indian politician who serves as a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India. Yadav was recently elected as a president of the I.C.A (International Cooperative Alliance) - Asia Pacific region. He was previously a member of the 14th Lok Sabha (the lower house) for the Jhansi constituency in Uttar Pradesh. He was also a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly between 1996 and 2001.

Early life and education

He was educated at Gorakhpur University and Lucknow University and has MSc, M.A. (Geography), BEd and LL.B. degrees along with PhD from Bundelkhand University in 2006. He married Gyanwati Yadav on 1 January 1977, and the couple have a son and a daughter.

Political career

Yadav served in the 14th Lok Sabha as a member of the Committee on Estimates, Committee on Energy and Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme.

Yadav has also been involved in public education programs focused on Dalits and has organized public dramatic performances which attack practices that Indian rationalists consider superstitions.

Yadav stood as a candidate in the 2014 Indian general election from Jhansi constituency and was defeated by Uma Bharti of the BJP.

In November 2014 he was one of eleven Samajwadi Party members who joined the Rajya Sabha upon election.

President of International Co-operative Alliance

Dr. Chandra Pal Singh Yadav created history by winning hands down and becoming the first Indian to head ICA Asia-Pacific as its President.

Chandra Pal polled 185 votes while his rival Chitose Arai of Japan polled 83 votes. Yadav won by more than 102 votes, an unheard-of margin in international cooperative politics. Chandrapal Yadav has been the chairman of Krishak Bharati Cooperative Limited (KRIBHCO) since 1998 continuously. He is also the board member of NAFED.