Vijama Yadav
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2022
Preceded byMohd Mujtaba Siddqui
ConstituencyPratappur
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
1996–2002
Preceded byJawahar Yadav (Pandit)
Succeeded byHerself
ConstituencyJhunsi Assembly Constituency (The Delimitation Commission abolished this seat in 2008.)
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
2002–2007
Preceded byHerself
Succeeded byPraveen Patel
ConstituencyJhunsi Assembly Constituency (The Delimitation Commission abolished this seat in 2008.)
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
2012–2017
Preceded byJokhu Lal Yadav
Succeeded byMohd Mujtaba Siddqui
ConstituencyPratappur
Personal details
Born1971
Allahabad
Political party Samajwadi Party
SpouseJawahar Yadav (Pandit)
ChildrenDevendra Pratap Singh Yadav, Jyoti Yadav
Residence(s)Allahabad, Lucknow

Vijama Yadav is an Indian politician. She is widow of deceased Leader Jawahar Yadav (Pandit). She was elected to Pratappur in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Samajwadi Party.[1][2][3]

Entrance in politics

Her husband Jawahar Yadav aka Pandit, a member of the Samajwadi Party from the then Jhunsi assembly seat of Allahabad, was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly for the second consecutive term. Establishing himself as a strong leader, Jawahar Yadav alias Pandit became one of Mulayam Singh Yadav's special people, gradually he ventured into the business of liquor and excavation of morang sand from the Yamuna Ganga basin in which he had a gang war with the Karwariya Family .[4] in June 1995 Mulayam Singh Yadav-led Uttar Pradesh the government fell. Karwariya family was suffering huge losses in the business of Balu Morang from Jawahar Yadav alias Pandit as they had fierce competition with Jawahar Yadav Pandit on their business. After the dissolution of the assembly in 1996, the security he had as an MLA was withdrawn. He requested the government several times for protection but was ignored by the government, on Tuesday, 13 August 1996, when he was going to visit Hanuman ji at Triveni Sangam, He was attacked and murdered with an AK-47 rifle.Karwariya family was suffering huge losses in the business of Balu Morang from Jawahar Yadav alias Pandit as they had fierce competition with Jawahar Yadav Pandit on their business.The Karwariya family was accused of murder. After the murder of her husband, Vijama Yadav came into politics and was elected as MLA[5] on Samajwadi Party ticket for two consecutive terms in 1996, 2002 assembly elections from Jhusi Assembly Constituency.[6] She was defeated in the 2007 and 2017 assembly elections. In 2012 and 2022 Vidhansabha elections she was elected MLA from Pratappur Vidhansabha Constituency. [7]

Family

Vijama Yadav has a daughter and a son, daughter's name is Jyoti Yadav who has been Block Pramukh of Phulpur block of Prayagraj and son Devendra Pratap Singh Yadav alias Golu has been an honorary councilor of Prayagraj Municipal Corporation.

References

  1. ↑ "Uttar Pradesh Election Results 2022". NDTV. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "ALL WINNERS LIST UTTAR PRADESH ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 2022". News18. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "पूजा पाल और विजमा यादव दुखद है सपा विधायक बनी इन चर्चित महिलाओं की राजनीति में आने की दास्तां - Pooja Pal and Vijma Yadav both SP MLA know similarities of these famous women". Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "जब जवाहर पंडित ने करवरिया बंधुओं के सीने पर रायफल तान दी थी". m.thelallantop.com. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "Jhusi Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "सपा प्रत्याशी विजमा यादव की दास्तां, पति जवाहर पंडित की हत्या के बाद मुलायम सिंह यादव ने रखा था सिर पर हाथ". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "Kahani UP Ki: यादव से 'पंडित' बना मुलायम का वो खासमखास विधायक, जिसे बीच सड़क पर घेरकर गोली मारी गई". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Retrieved 22 February 2023.
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