Ram Saroj Yadav

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific_prefix = Honourable

| name = Ram Saroj Yadav

| native_name = राम सरोज यादब

| image = Ram Saroj Yadav (1) (cropped).jpg

| caption = Yadav in 2019

| office = 1st Deputy Chief Minister of Madhesh Province

| termstart = 9 June 2021

| termend = 14 October 2022

| governor = Hari Shankar Mishra

| 1blankname = Chief Minister

| 1namedata = Lalbabu Raut

| predecessor = Constitution Created

| successor =

| office1 = Minister for Physical Infrastructure
of Madhesh Province

| termstart1 = 9 June 2021

| termend1 = 14 October 2022

| governor1 = Hari Shankar Mishra

| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata1 = Lalbabu Raut

| predecessor1 = Jitendra Prasad Sonal

| successor1 = Saroj Kumar Yadav

| office2 = Member of the Madhesh Provincial Assembly

| term_start2 = 2018

| term_end2 =

| constituency2 = Dhanusha 3(A)

| predecessor2 = Constituency Created

| term_start3 =

| term_end3 =

| constituency3 =

| office4 = Constituent Assembly Member

| term_start4 = 2008

| term_end4 = 2013

| constituency4 = Proportional list

| party = Nepali Congress

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|11|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bahiri, Dhanusha, Nepal

| nationality = Nepalese

| website = {{URL|http://mopid.p2.gov.np/}}

}}

Ram Saroj Yadav is a Nepalese politician and member of Provincial Assembly.{{Cite web|title=नामावली|url=https://provincialassembly.p2.gov.np/%e0%a4%aa%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%a6%e0%a5%87%e0%a4%b6-%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%ad%e0%a4%be-%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%a6%e0%a4%b8%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%af%e0%a4%b9%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%82%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8b-%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%be/|access-date=2021-06-23|website=प्रदेश सभा सचिवालय, प्रदेश नं.२, जनकपुरधाम|language=en-US}} Yadav was also the parliamentary party leader for the Nepali Congress in the Provincial Assembly and Minister for Physical Infrastructure Development of Madhesh Province.{{Cite web|title=रामसरोज यादवको नेतृत्वमा कांग्रेस प्रदेश २ सरकारमा सहभागी|url=https://nayapatrikadaily.com/news-details/65403/2021-06-09|access-date=2021-06-09|website=Naya Patrika|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Province 2: Nepali Congress name parliamentary party leader|url=https://english.onlinekhabar.com/province-2-nepali-congress-name-parliamentary-party-leader.html|access-date=2021-06-09|website=OnlineKhabar English News|language=en-GB}} He is also a expeditionary of Maithili language and had come in light after demanding it as official language of Madhesh Province.{{Cite web|title=प्रदेश २ मा कामकाजको भाषा तोक्न माग|url=https://ekantipur.com/pradesh-2/2021/08/15/162900098071368260.html?author=1|access-date=2021-12-21|website=ekantipur.com|language=ne}}

Yadav, a resident of Dhanusha, was elected to the 2017 and 2022 provincial assembly elections from Dhanusha3(A).{{Cite web|title=Dhanusa : Province 2 - Nepal Election Latest Updates and Result for Provincial Assembly|url=http://election.ekantipur.com/province-level-results/pradesh-2/district-dhanusa?lng=eng|access-date=2021-12-21|website=election.ekantipur.com}}

Personal life

Ram Saroj Yadav was born in a Yadav family in Bahiri of Dhanusha district on 18 November 1953.{{Cite web|title=Ram Saroj Yadav|url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64112260|access-date=2021-06-09|website=www.wikidata.org|language=en}}

Political career

File:Manoj Sah rally.jpg

He came in active politics while he was studying at RRM Campus, Janakpur. He has also served as the chairman of District Development Committee, Dhanusha.{{Cite web|title=संक्षिप्त परिचय|url=http://provincialassembly.p2.gov.np/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Pradesh-2-final_compressed.pdf}}

Yadav was unable to win election in Second CA election 2070 with narrow vote difference when he was fielded as candidate from Dhanusha 4. He is the leader of Nepali Congress parliamentary party in Provincial Assembly of Madhesh Province.

On 9 June 2021, he joined LalBabu Raut ministry as minister of Physical Infrastructure along with 2 more legislators from Nepali Congress. He is supposed to be a person close to Nepali Congress former Vice-president Bimalendra Nidhi.{{Cite web|last=रातोपाटी|title=एक हप्ताभित्र काँग्रेसको दोस्रो सत्तारोहण : मन्त्री छनोटमा निधि हावी, पौडेल पक्ष रित्तै !|url=https://ratopati.com/story/184605/2021/6/9/nepali-congress-province-2|access-date=2021-06-15|website=RatoPati|language=Nepali}}

Electoral history

= [[2022 Nepalese provincial elections]] =

class="wikitable" ! colspan="4" \|Dhanusha 3(A)
colspan="2" \|Party !Candidate !Votes
style="background-color:{{party color\|Nepali Congress}}" \| \|Nepali Congress \|Ram Saroj Yadav \|17,029
style="background-color:#FFC0CB" \| \|People's Socialist Party Nepal \|Jitendra Kumar Yadav \|13,459
style="background-color:#FF0000" \| \|Janamat Party \|Prasanna Kumar Jha \|7,186
colspan="2" \|Result ! colspan="2" \|Congress hold
colspan="4" \|Source: [https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral.aspx Election Commission]

class="wikitable"

! colspan="4" |Dhanusha 3(A)

colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |

|Nepali Congress

|Ram Saroj Yadav

|17,029

style="background-color:#FFC0CB" |

|People's Socialist Party Nepal

|Jitendra Kumar Yadav

|13,459

style="background-color:#FF0000" |

|Janamat Party

|Prasanna Kumar Jha

|7,186

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |Congress hold

colspan="4" |Source: [https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral.aspx Election Commission]

= [[2017 Nepalese provincial elections]] =

class="wikitable" ! colspan="4" \|Dhanusha 3(A)
colspan="2" \|Party !Candidate !Votes
style="background-color:{{party color\|Nepali Congress}}" \| \|Nepali Congress \|Ram Saroj Yadav \|15,685
style="background-color:#ffb300" \| \|Rastriya Janata Party Nepal \|Kavindra Nath Thakur \|14,047
style="background-color:{{party color\|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" \| \|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) \|Dipendra Kumar Yadav \|4,945
\| colspan="2" \|Others \|491
colspan="3" \|Invalid votes \|1,556
colspan="2" \|Result ! colspan="2" \|Congress gain
colspan="4" \|Source: [https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral.aspx Election Commission]

class="wikitable"

! colspan="4" |Dhanusha 3(A)

colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |

|Nepali Congress

|Ram Saroj Yadav

|15,685

style="background-color:#ffb300" |

|Rastriya Janata Party Nepal

|Kavindra Nath Thakur

|14,047

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|Dipendra Kumar Yadav

|4,945

| colspan="2" |Others

|491

colspan="3" |Invalid votes

|1,556

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |Congress gain

colspan="4" |Source: [https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral.aspx Election Commission]

= [[2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election|2013 Constituent Assembly election]] =

class="wikitable" ! colspan="4" \|Dhanusha 4
colspan="2" \|Party !Candidate !Votes
style="background-color:seagreen" \| \|Sadbhavana Party \|Sanjay Kumar Sah \|12,666
style="background-color:{{party color\|Nepali Congress}}" \| \|Nepali Congress \|Ram Saroj Yadav \|11,426
style="background-color:olivedrab" \| \|Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party \|Brishesh Chandra Lal \|2,650
style="background-color:{{party color\|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" \| \|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) \|Shri Prasad Sah \|2,072
style="background-color:darkred" \| \|UCPN (Maoist) \|Arbind Sah \|1,114
\| colspan="2" \|Others \|5,843
colspan="2" \|Result ! colspan="2" \|Sadhavana gain
colspan="4" \|Source: NepalNews{{Cite web\|date=2015-03-25\|title=Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens\|url=http://vote.nepalnews.com/election/pages/bhaktapur.php#top\|access-date=2020-11-23\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325225411/http://vote.nepalnews.com/election/pages/bhaktapur.php#top\|archive-date=2015-03-25}}

class="wikitable"

! colspan="4" |Dhanusha 4

colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

style="background-color:seagreen" |

|Sadbhavana Party

|Sanjay Kumar Sah

|12,666

style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |

|Nepali Congress

|Ram Saroj Yadav

|11,426

style="background-color:olivedrab" |

|Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party

|Brishesh Chandra Lal

|2,650

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|Shri Prasad Sah

|2,072

style="background-color:darkred" |

|UCPN (Maoist)

|Arbind Sah

|1,114

| colspan="2" |Others

|5,843

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |Sadhavana gain

colspan="4" |Source: NepalNews{{Cite web|date=2015-03-25|title=Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens|url=http://vote.nepalnews.com/election/pages/bhaktapur.php#top|access-date=2020-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325225411/http://vote.nepalnews.com/election/pages/bhaktapur.php#top|archive-date=2015-03-25}}