Surendra Prasad Yadav is an Indian politician from RJD. He has served as MP and MLA in his political career spanning over 3 decades. He is considered a strong leader of Gaya area of Bihar.
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Surendra Prasad Yadav was born on Friday, 2 January 1959 (age 64 years; as of 2023) in Chiraiya village of Rampur block in Gaya district of Bihar, India. Their zodiac sign is Capricorn. He passed his postgraduate degree from Magadh University, Bodhgaya in 1992.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 10″
Weight (Approx): 75 kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
He belongs to a farming family.
parents and siblings
His father’s name is Bhuneshwar Yadav who died in 2021. He has a younger brother named Sanjay Prasad Yadav who is a former MLA from Godda.
Surendra Prasad Yadav father Bhuneshwar Yadav
Surendra Prasad Yadav with Lalu Prasad Yadav (centre) and his younger brother Sanjay Prasad Yadav (left)
wife and children
His wife’s name is Meena Devi. The couple have two sons and three daughters.
Religion
He follows Hindu religion.
Signature
livelihood
He first met Lalu Prasad Yadav in 1981 when Lalu was a member of the Lok Dal party and joined the Lok Dal party and later the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) party after its formation in 1997. He contested the Lok Sabha elections from Jehanabad seat in 1985; However, he could not win. In 1990, he contested Bihar Legislative elections from Belaganj seat and won from the same seat seven consecutive times. In the 1998 Lok Sabha elections, he contested and won from Jehanabad constituency; However, when he contested again from the same seat, he lost.
Surendra Prasad Yadav during election campaign
He has held many important portfolios in the Bihar Cabinet including Industrial Ministry, Excise Ministry and Cooperative Ministry. He has also served as a member of various committees including the Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Coal, the Standing Committee of the Ministry of Industry of India, the Library Committee of Bihar, the Housing Committee of Bihar and the Requests Committee of Bihar.
Surendra Prasad Yadav with Nitish Kumar
controversies
criminal case
Many criminal cases are registered against him.
- 2 charges related to attempt to murder (IPC section 307)
- 1 charge related to undue influence in elections (IPC Section 171C)
- 1 Charge related to punishment for undue influence or impersonation at election (IPC Section 171F)
- 1 Charge relating to punishment for criminal intimidation (IPC section 506)
- 1 charge related to voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or instruments (IPC Section 324)
- 1 charge related to voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or instruments (IPC Section 326)
- 1 charge related to false statement in relation to election (IPC section 171G)
- 4 charges related to disobedience of order duly promulgated by public servant (IPC section 188)
- 2 charges relating to punishment for voluntarily causing hurt (IPC Section 323)
- 2 charges related to conviction of criminal conspiracy (IPC section 120B)
- 2 charges related to conviction of criminal conspiracy (IPC section 120B)
- 2 charges relating to punishment for rioting (IPC Section 147)
- 2 charges relating to each member of an unlawful assembly guilty of an offense committed in prosecution of a common object (IPC section 149)
- 1 charge related to intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace (IPC Section 504)
- 1 charge related to putting a person in fear of injury in order to commit extortion (IPC Section 385)
- 1 charge related to punishment for wrongful restraint (IPC section 341)
- 1 Charge relating to acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention (IPC Section-34)
- 1 charge related to negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life (IPC section 269)
- 1 charge relating to deadly act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life (IPC section 270)
- 1 charge related to criminal force (IPC section 350)
- 1 charge relating to concealing a plan to commit an offense punishable with imprisonment (IPC section 120)
- 1 charge relating to wrongful imprisonment of a person for whose liberation the writ has been issued (IPC section 345)
- 1 Charge relating to disclosing identity of victim of certain offenses etc. (IPC Section 228A)
- 1 Charge relating to assault or criminal force to prevent public servant from discharging his duty (IPC Section 353)
- 1 charge related to rioting while armed with a deadly weapon (IPC Section 148)
- 1 Charge relating to punishment for criminal trespass (IPC Section 447)
Women’s reservation bill torn in Lok Sabha
On 20 July 1998, when he was MP in the Lok Sabha from the Jehanabad constituency, he snatched the copy of the Women’s Reservation Bill from the then Law Minister M. Thambi Durai and tore it. After this he went to the Speaker’s table and threw copies of the bill in the air. This step forever tainted the proceedings of the Lok Sabha and Yadav could not win the Lok Sabha elections again. Speaking on Ambedkar Jayanti in April 2023, he had claimed that Dr. BR Ambedkar had come in his dream and asked him to stop the bill from being passed, so he tore the bill. He said,
Baba Saheb came in my dream and told me to stop tampering with the original Constitution. I followed his order and tore the copy of the bill.”
beating their rivals
He has been accused of beating up his political rivals on several occasions. In 1991, he beat up former Congress MLA Jai Kumar Palit when Palit was campaigning for former Bihar Chief Minister and then Congress candidate Jitan Ram Manjhi. In 2002, he was accused of kidnapping Atul Prakash Sinha, keeping him hostage in his house for two days and beating him severely.
Rape victim’s identity revealed
On June 14, 2018, a group of people raped a woman and her 15-year-old daughter near Sondiha village of Konch police station area. On June 15, 2018, when the police team was taking the teenage victim to the hospital for medical checkup, a group of RJD supporters led by Yadav stopped the vehicle and forced the victim to narrate her ordeal. Some supporters of Yadav took photographs of the victim and also made a video. The incident sparked public outrage and police later registered a case against Yadav and others under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act, 2012.
Comments against Agniveer Yojana
In February 2023, he had said very controversial things regarding the Agniveer scheme implemented in the army. He said that after eight and a half years, when the present Indian Army soldiers retire, India will have an army of eunuchs. He further said that the boys recruited through the Agniveer scheme would have trouble getting married as no one would want to give their daughters to retired men. Later he demanded that the person who suggested the Agniveer scheme should be hanged.
Comment against Bageshwar Dham
Before Pandit Dhirendra Shastri’s visit to Bihar in May 2023, Yadav had given a controversial statement and had said that Shastri makes women and girls dance in the name of ghosts in his show and had questioned why the sisters and mothers of those people, Those who support Pandit Shastri, do not go to his show.
death threat
In July 2023, a video went viral in which Dhanwant Singh Rathod, a resident of Samastipur and head of an organization called Kshatriya Seva Mahasangh, had threatened Surendra Prasad Yadav and his family members and announced a reward of Rs 11 crore for the person who killed him. Did. Yadav. He claimed that Yadav made some obscene comments against a woman member of the Belaganj municipal committee and he was forced to put a bounty on her head. On July 4, 2023, the police arrested Rathod from Patna.
car collection
He has Gypsy, Ford Endeavor and Mahindra Scorpio.
Income
His income for the financial year 2019-2020 was Rs 38,93,333.
property and properties
movable property
- Bank Deposit: Rs. 34,19,025
- Motor Vehicle: Rs. 64,08,556
- Other assets: Rs. 75,000
Immovable property
- Agricultural Land: Rs. 55,23,400
- Non-agricultural land: Rs. 59,95,000
- Commercial Building: Rs. 60,24,850
- Residential Building: Rs. 2,60,00,000
Note: The given estimate of movable and immovable assets is as per the year 2020. It does not include property owned by his wife and dependents (minors).
net worth
Yadav’s net worth for the financial year 2019-2020 was estimated to be Rs. 5.3 crores. This does not include the net worth of his wife and dependents (minors).
Facts/General Knowledge
- He is considered very close to Lalu Prasad Yadav, his son Tejashwi Yadav and his family.
Surendra Prasad Yadav (right) with Tejashwi Yadav.
- He has survived several assassination attempts during various times of his life.
- His followers call him the Magadha Emperor.
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