Pawan Kumar Yadav
{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1971)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Pawan Kumar Yadav
| office = Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
| constituency = Kahalgaon
| term_start = 2020
| term_end = Incumbent
| predecessor = Sadanand Singh
| successor = Incumbent
| party =Bharatiya Janata Party
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|01|04|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Pirpainti, Bihar, India
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Pawan Kumar Yadav (born 4 January 1971){{cite web |date=2020 |title=बिहार विधान सभा सचिवालय |trans-title=Bihar Legislative Assembly Secretariat |url=https://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/priority%20List.pdf |access-date=September 1, 2023 |website=Bihar Legislative Assembly |language=hi}} is an Indian politician who has served as a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly since 2020. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, he represents the Kahalgaon constituency.
Political career
Yadav ran for the Bihar Legislative Assembly in the 2015 election, contesting the Kahalgaon constituency as an independent candidate. He was defeated, placing third with 15% of the vote.{{Cite web |title=Kahalgaon Election Results 2015 |url=https://electiontrends.in/live-assembly-election-results-2015/kahalgaon-election-results |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=Election Trends |language=en-US}}{{cite web |last=Shukla |first=Dilip Kumar |date=December 21, 2021 |title=बिहार के इस भाजपा विधायक को अदालत ने दी बड़ी राहत, साक्ष्य के अभाव में किया रिहा |trans-title=Court Gave Big Relief to This BJP MLA of Bihar, Released Due to Lack of Evidence |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/bhagalpur-court-gives-big-relief-to-bihar-bhagalpur-kahalgaon-bjp-mla-pawan-kumar-yadav-released-due-to-lack-of-evidence-22312465.html |access-date=September 1, 2023 |website=Dainik Jagran |language=hi}} He ran for the same constituency again in the 2020 election, standing as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate. Despite the district being an Indian National Congress stronghold and his opponent being the son of prominent politician Sadanand Singh, Yadav was elected with 115,538 votes compared to his opponent's 72,379.{{cite web |title=Kahalgaon Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Election Results 2020 |url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/kahalgaon.html |access-date=September 1, 2023 |website=Elections.in}}{{cite web |last=Singh |first=Shivendra |date=November 10, 2020 |title=कहलगांव विधानसभा सीट : बीजेपी के पवन कुमार यादव ने दर्ज की बड़ी जीत |trans-title=Kahalgaon Assembly seat: BJP's Pawan Kumar Yadav Registers Big Win |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/assembly-elections/bihar-election-2020/story-shubhanand-mukesh-kahalgaon-seat-result-bihar-chunav-results-2020-congress-bjp-pawan-kumar-yadav-3621102.html |accessdate=September 1, 2023 |website=Hindustan |language=hi}}
During his tenure, Yadav advocated for the expansion of Bhagalpur Airport, arguing that it could not handle large airplanes.{{cite web |date=March 31, 2022 |title=बिहार विधानसभा में उठी भागलपुर एयरपोर्ट विस्तार की मांग, MLA ने कहा- सरकार चाहे तो कहलगांव में निर्माण संभव |trans-title=Demand for Expansion of Bhagalpur Airport Raised in Bihar Assembly, MLA Said - if Government Wants, Construction is Possible in Kahalgaon |url=https://www.etvbharat.com/hindi/bihar/state/patna/kahalgaon-mla-pawan-yadav-demanded-expansion-of-bhagalpur-airport/bh20220331230453303 |accessdate=September 1, 2023 |website=ETV Bharat News |language=hi}} In 2021, he met with state railway minister Ashwani Vaishnav regarding rail stoppages in the Bhagalpur district.{{cite web |last=Bajpai |first=Shivam |date=November 21, 2021 |title=रेल मंत्री अश्वनी वैष्णव से मिले कहलगांव MLA पवन कुमार यादव, प्रमुख ट्रेनों के ठहराव समेत की कई मांगे |trans-title=Kahalgaon MLA Pawan Kumar Yadav Met Railway Minister Ashwani Vaishnav, Made Many Demands Including Stoppage of Major Trains |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/bhagalpur-kahalgaon-mla-pawan-kumar-yadav-met-railway-minister-ashwani-vaishnav-22225810.html |accessdate=September 1, 2023 |website=Dainik Jagran |language=hi}}
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