Renu Kumari Yadav
Indian born Nepali politician
Renu Kumari Yadav (Nepali : रेणु कुमारी यादव) (born 16 January 1959) is a Nepali politician and member of House of Representatives on proportional representation.[ 2]
She most recently served as the Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation of Nepal in the ruling coalition government led by Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba .[ 3] Recently, Yadav resigned from the People's Socialist Party, Nepal .[ 4]
Personal life
Yadav was born on June 19, 1963, in Forbesganj, India to Rameshwor Prasad and Chintamani Devi Yadav. She belongs to the Ahir community.[ 5]
Political life
Yadav was elected as a Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) candidate to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election from the Saptari 3 constituency.[ 6] In 2002 she was elected to the central committee of the RPP.[ 7]
In June 2003, she was named Minister for Women, Children and Social Affairs in the Surya Bahadur Thapa -led cabinet appointed by King Gyanendra .[ 8] When the RPP was divided and Thapa broke away and formed the Rastriya Janshakti Party , Yadav joined the new RJP.
In February 2008 she resigned from the parliament and left RJP, in support of the Madhesi agitation .[ 9] [ 10]
In April 2008, she won the Saptari 4 seat in the Constituent Assembly election as a Madhesi Janadhikar Forum candidate.[ 11] In late May 2008, she was included in the central committee of MJF.[ 12] She was subsequently appointed as Minister of Education and sworn in on August 22, 2008.[ 13]
Controversies
Leading party split : As per trusted sources and national media's, Yadav wanted to split the with seven other MPs which included Bimal Prasad Shrivastav , Surendra Kumar Yadav , Mohammad Estiyak Rai , Pradeep Yadav , Umashankar Argariya , Kalu Devi Bishwakarma and Renuka Gurung . Though the plan went unsuccess do to last moment merger of Samajbadi Party, Nepal and Rastriya Janata Party Nepal to form People's Socialist Party, Nepal it was highly covered by national medias.[ 14] [ 15] [ 16]
Gaur incident : Minister Yadav was shown black flag in Gaur , Rautahat on 20 January 2021 by farmers and party cadets of Janamat party led by CK Raut . After this incident, she said not to make a challenge else Raut and fellow farmers would be killed and that the incident of Gaur Rice mill would repeat when her party workers with Upendra Yadav present killed 28 Maoist workers led by Prabhu Sah trying to organize program on same field of rice mill.[ 17] [ 18] [ 19] [ 20]
Electoral history
Saptari 4
Party
Candidate
Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
Tara Kanta Chaudhary
8,217
Nepali Congress
Dinesh Kumar Yadav
6,985
Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)
Satya Narayan Yadav
4,384
Sadbhavana Party
Jismul Khan
4,141
Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal
Renu Kumari Yadav
3,007
Independent
Surya Narayan Mandal
1,533
Rastriya Madhesh Samajbadi Party
Gajendra Kumar Mandal
1,515
Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party
Puspa Thakur
1,005
Others
5,996
Result
CPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews[ 21]
Saptari 4
Party
Candidate
Votes
Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal
Renu Kumari Yadav
12,681
Nepal Sadbhavana Party (Anandidevi)
Jismul Khan
7,590
Nepali Congress
Dinesh Kumar Yadav
6,070
Sadbhavana Party
Satya Narayan Yadav
5,344
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
Jagadish Prasad Sah
5,254
CPN (Maoist)
Chhedi Safi
2,899
Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party
Surendra Narayan Mandal
2,536
Dalit Janajati Party
Jagajiwan Ram
1,966
Others
4,678
Invalid votes
2,974
Result
MJFN gain
Source: Election Commission[ 22]
References
^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet ] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
^ "Bihar News: भारत की बेटी रेणु यादव नेपाल में पीएम शेर बहादुर देउवा के मंत्रिमंडल में बनी मंत्री, जानिए बिहार से कनेक्शन" . Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Retrieved 2022-01-21 .
^ "Minister Renu Yadav warns of violence to suppress CK Raut's rise - OnlineKhabar English News" . Retrieved 2022-01-21 .
^ "रेणु यादवले दिइन् पार्टीबाट राजीनामा" . Nepal Live . Retrieved 2022-08-08 .
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^ "Cabinet formed including MJF, UML fails to join" [permanent dead link ] , Nepalnews, August 22, 2008.
^ Setopati, Sanjib Bagale. "Seven Socialist Party lawmakers announce split under Renu Yadav" . Setopati . Retrieved 2022-01-21 .
^ Setopati, सन्जिब बगाले. "रेणु यादवको नेतृत्वमा समाजवादी पार्टी फुटाउने सात सांसदको निर्णय" . Setopati (in Hindi). Retrieved 2022-01-21 .
^ "रेणु यादवको नेतृत्वमा समाजवादी पार्टी फुट्दै, ८ सांसदको हस्ताक्षर तयार" . रिपोर्टर्स नेपाल . 2020-04-22. Retrieved 2022-01-21 .
^ Bhattacherjee, Kallol (2022-01-21). "Nepal civil society figures call for Minister's removal after hate speech" . The Hindu . ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved 2022-01-22 .
^ "Minister Renu Yadav warns of violence to suppress CK Raut's rise - OnlineKhabar English News" . Retrieved 2022-01-22 .
^ Acharya123himal (2022-01-20). "Minister Renu Yadav threatened to kill CK Raut" . Himal Sanchar . Archived from the original on 2022-01-22. Retrieved 2022-01-22 .
^ "Minister Renu Yadav gives provocative statement; threatens to 'kill' CK Raut" . Khabarhub . 20 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-22 .
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^ a b "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates" . 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15 .
^ "Election Results'99" . nepalresearch.org . Retrieved 2020-11-15 .