Ram Saroj Yadav

Ram Saroj Yadav is a Nepalese Politician who is nominated as parliamentary party leader for the Nepali Congress in the Provincial Assembly of Province No. 2.[1][2][3] Yadav, a resident of Dhanusha, was elected to the 2017 provincial assembly elections from Dhanusha3(A). He is the Deputy-CM and Physical Infrastructure Minister for Province No. 2 and took office on 9 June 2021. He including 2 other ministers from Nepali Congress joined Lalbabu Raut ministry on 9 June 2021 after a group of PSP-N were expelled from ministry as a result of talks between the two parties.[4] He a leader close to Nepali Congress central committee Vice President and former deputy Prime minister of Nepal, Bimalendra Nidhi.[5]

Honourable
Ram Saroj Yadav
राम सरोज यादब
Deputy Chief-Minister
and
Minister for Physical Infrastructure Development of Province No. 2
Assumed office
9 June 2021
Governor
Province Assembly Member of Province No. 2
Assumed office
2017
Preceded byConstituency Created
ConstituencyDhanusha 3(A)
Constituent Assembly Member
In office
2008–2013
ConstituencyProportional list
Personal details
Born (1953-11-18) 18 November 1953
Bahiri, Dhanusha, Province No. 2, Nepal
NationalityNepalese
Political partyNepali Congress
Websitemopid.p2.gov.np

Personal life

Ram Saroj Yadav was born in a Yadav family in Bahiri of Dhanusha district on 18 November 1953.[6]

Political career

He came in active politics while he was studying at RaRaBa Campus, Janakur. He was unable to win election at various times including Second CA election 2070 when he was fielded as candidate from Dhanusha 4. He is the leader of Nepali Congress political party in Provincial assembly of Province No.2. On 9 June 2021, he joined LalBabu Raut ministry as minister of Physical Infrastructure along with 2 more legislators from Nepali Congress.[1][2] He is supposed to be a person close to Nepali Congress Vice-president Bimalendra Nidhi.[5]

Electoral history

2013 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
Sadbhavana Party Sanjay Kumar Sah 12,666
Nepali Congress Ram Saroj Yadav 11,426
Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party Brishesh Chandra Lal 2,650
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Shri Prasad Sah 2,072
UCPN (Maoist) Arbind Sah 1,114
Others 5,843
Result Sadhavana gain
Source: NepalNews[7]

3(A)
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Ram Saroj Yadav 15,685
Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Kavindra Nath Thakur 14,047
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Dipendra Kumar Yadav 4,945
Others 491
Invalid votes 1,556
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission

See also

References
  1. "रामसरोज यादवको नेतृत्वमा कांग्रेस प्रदेश २ सरकारमा सहभागी". Naya Patrika. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  2. "Province 2: Nepali Congress name parliamentary party leader". OnlineKhabar English News. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  3. "नामावली". प्रदेश सभा सचिवालय, प्रदेश नं.२, जनकपुरधाम. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  4. "कांग्रेस ३ मन्त्रालयसहित आजै सरकारमा जाँदै, साढे ७ बजे शपथ". Lokaantar (in Nepali). Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  5. रातोपाटी. "एक हप्ताभित्र काँग्रेसको दोस्रो सत्तारोहण : मन्त्री छनोटमा निधि हावी, पौडेल पक्ष रित्तै !". RatoPati (in Nepali). Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  6. "Ram Saroj Yadav". www.wikidata.org. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  7. "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
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