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'''Amarnath Yadav,''' alternatively '''Amarnath Yadav''' is an [[India]]n politician and former member of the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]].<ref name=":0" /> He is a veteran leader of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation]] and a member of the Bihar State Committee of the party.<ref>''Liberation''. ''[http://www.cpiml.org/liberation/year_2006/January/chilran_massacre.htm Chilraon Massacre in East Champaran]''</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/bihar/patna/news/people-sitting-on-strike-for-80-days-against-nrc-vacated-ambedkar-park-082143-6912930.html|title=एनआरसी के खिलाफ 80 दिन से धरने पर बैठे लोगों ने खाली किया आंबेडकर पार्क|last=|first=|date=2020-03-26|website=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]|language=hi|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-04}}</ref> He is also the vice president of the Kisan Mahasabha in [[Bihar]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Liberation, Vol. 10|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nsNIAAAAYAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Nimai Ghose|page=26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/bihar/patna/news/government-should-give-proper-compensation-to-farmers-for-crop-loss-amarnath-yadav-092005-6883885.html|title=किसानों के फसल नुकसान का उचित मुआवजा दे सरकार: अमरनाथ यादव|last=|first=|date=2020-03-21|website=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]|language=hi|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-04}}</ref> He is known for his opposition to the erstwhile rule of local strongman [[Mohammad Shahabuddin]] and described by a ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' article as "the only man who stood up to Shahabuddin".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/a-wife-in-burqa-hits-siwan-streets/cid/634269|title=A wife in burqa hits Siwan streets|last=Verma|first=Nalin|date=1 April 2004|website=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)]]|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/shahabuddin-is-past-bihar-s-badlands-breathe-easier/story-SQLniCNQ9PfrbTFI44LqEI.html|title=Shahabuddin is past, Bihar's badlands breathe easier|last=Guha Roy|first=Anirban|date=2014-05-08|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-04}}</ref> He had represented the [[Darauli (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Darauli constituency]] from 1995–2000 and from 2005–2010. He rose to prominence in the area after the murder of the student leader [[Chandrashekhar Prasad]] in 1997, who died whilst campaigning against Shahabuddin.<ref>''Times of India''. ''[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Dons-wife-looks-to-restore-husbands-legacy-in-Siwan/articleshow/34449359.cms Don's wife looks to restore husband's legacy in Siwan]''</ref>
'''Amarnath Yadav,''' alternatively '''Amarnath Yadav''' is an Indian politician and former member of the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]].<ref name=":0" /> He is a veteran leader of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation]] and a member of the Bihar State Committee of the party.<ref>''Liberation''. ''[http://www.cpiml.org/liberation/year_2006/January/chilran_massacre.htm Chilraon Massacre in East Champaran]''</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/bihar/patna/news/people-sitting-on-strike-for-80-days-against-nrc-vacated-ambedkar-park-082143-6912930.html|title=एनआरसी के खिलाफ 80 दिन से धरने पर बैठे लोगों ने खाली किया आंबेडकर पार्क|last=|first=|date=2020-03-26|website=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]|language=hi|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-04}}</ref> He is also the vice president of the Kisan Mahasabha in [[Bihar]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Liberation, Vol. 10|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nsNIAAAAYAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Nimai Ghose|page=26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/bihar/patna/news/government-should-give-proper-compensation-to-farmers-for-crop-loss-amarnath-yadav-092005-6883885.html|title=किसानों के फसल नुकसान का उचित मुआवजा दे सरकार: अमरनाथ यादव|last=|first=|date=2020-03-21|website=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]|language=hi|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-04}}</ref> He is known for his opposition to the erstwhile rule of local strongman [[Mohammad Shahabuddin]] and described by a ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' article as "the only man who stood up to Shahabuddin".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/a-wife-in-burqa-hits-siwan-streets/cid/634269|title=A wife in burqa hits Siwan streets|last=Verma|first=Nalin|date=1 April 2004|website=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)]]|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/shahabuddin-is-past-bihar-s-badlands-breathe-easier/story-SQLniCNQ9PfrbTFI44LqEI.html|title=Shahabuddin is past, Bihar's badlands breathe easier|last=Guha Roy|first=Anirban|date=2014-05-08|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-04}}</ref> He had represented the [[Darauli (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Darauli constituency]] from 1995–2000 and from 2005–2010. He rose to prominence in the area after the murder of the student leader [[Chandrashekhar Prasad]] in 1997, who died whilst campaigning against Shahabuddin.<ref>''Times of India''. ''[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Dons-wife-looks-to-restore-husbands-legacy-in-Siwan/articleshow/34449359.cms Don's wife looks to restore husband's legacy in Siwan]''</ref>


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
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Yadav contested the [[Darauli (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Darauli seat]] in the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] election of 1990 as an [[Indian People's Front]] candidate. He finished in fourth place with 16,623 votes (17.47% of the votes in the constituency).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1990/Stat_Rep_BH_90.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1990 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR]''</ref> He won the Darauli seat in the 1995 election, standing as a CPI(ML) Liberation candidate. He obtained 36,305 votes (37.25%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1995/StatisticalReport-BR95.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1995 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR]''</ref> Soon after the election, however, he was arrested and jailed. The party rebuffed the allegations against him, calling them 'false charges'.<ref>{{cite book|title=Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 32|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VPOwAAAAIAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Sameeksha Trust|page=815}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Lokayan Bulletin, Vol. 13, Eds. 1-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c5yOAAAAMAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Lokayan|page=26}}</ref> He was attacked in February 1999; during the attack a security guard of Yadav was killed. According to CPI(ML) Liberation the state government failed to take action to punish the culprits.<ref>''The Tribune''. ''[http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99mar24/nation.htm 13 BJP MLAs held]''</ref>
Yadav contested the [[Darauli (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Darauli seat]] in the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] election of 1990 as an [[Indian People's Front]] candidate. He finished in fourth place with 16,623 votes (17.47% of the votes in the constituency).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1990/Stat_Rep_BH_90.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1990 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR]''</ref> He won the Darauli seat in the 1995 election, standing as a CPI(ML) Liberation candidate. He obtained 36,305 votes (37.25%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1995/StatisticalReport-BR95.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1995 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR]''</ref> Soon after the election, however, he was arrested and jailed. The party rebuffed the allegations against him, calling them 'false charges'.<ref>{{cite book|title=Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 32|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VPOwAAAAIAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Sameeksha Trust|page=815}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Lokayan Bulletin, Vol. 13, Eds. 1-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c5yOAAAAMAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Lokayan|page=26}}</ref> He was attacked in February 1999; during the attack a security guard of Yadav was killed. According to CPI(ML) Liberation the state government failed to take action to punish the culprits.<ref>''The Tribune''. ''[http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99mar24/nation.htm 13 BJP MLAs held]''</ref>


He lost Darauli in the 2000 election, finishing in second place with 33,990 votes (29.82%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2000/STAI_REPORT_LA-BR-2000.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2000 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR]''</ref> He regained Darauli in the February 2005 election, obtaining 25,197 votes, and retained the seat in the October 2005 election, with 30,355 votes in his favour.<ref name=":0">Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_Oct2005/StatisticalReports_BH_2005.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2005 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR]''</ref><ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2005/StatisticalReports_BH_2005.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2005 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR]''</ref> He stood as the candidate of assembly election from Raghunathpur constituency in 2015.
He lost Darauli in the 2000 election, finishing in second place with 33,990 votes (29.82%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2000/STAI_REPORT_LA-BR-2000.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2000 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR]''</ref> He regained Darauli in the February 2005 election, obtaining 25,197 votes, and retained the seat in the October 2005 election, with 30,355 votes in his favour.<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2005/StatisticalReports_BH_2005.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2005 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR]''</ref><ref name=":0">Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_Oct2005/StatisticalReports_BH_2005.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2005 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR]''</ref> He stood as the candidate of assembly election from Raghunathpur constituency in 2015.


==Lok Sabha candidate==
==Lok Sabha candidate==
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