Mahendra Nath Yadav

Mahendra Nath Yadav is currently the MLA of Basti Sadar, in Uttar Pradesh, India. He is a member of the Samajwadi Party. He defeated Dayaram Chaudhary of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2022 assembly elections. He is also the District President of Samajwadi Party.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Mahendra Nath Yadav
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 May 2022
Preceded by	Dayaram Chaudhary
Constituency	Basti Sadar
Personal details
Born	Basti district, Uttar Pradesh
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Samajwadi Party
Residence(s)	Kalwari Ehatmali, Basti, Uttar Pradesh, India

Personal life

Mahendranath Yadav was born in a village named Kalwari Ehtmali (Changahiya) in Basti district. His father's name is Shyamchandra Yadav.^[6]

Education

Masters from Kisan Degree College.^{[citation needed]}

Political career

He contested the Vidhansabha elections in 2017 on the seat of Basti Sadar, but he lost. From 2005, he was a member of Zilla Panchayat for 10 consecutive years. Has been the president of KDC in 2004. Apart from this, Mahendra Yadav has also held the post of District President of Lohia Vahini along with the District President of SP's Student Assembly.^[7]

Mahendra Nath Yadav is currently the MLA of Basti Sadar. He defeated Dayaram Chaudhary of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2022 Vidhansabha elections .^[8]