Vijama Yadav
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Vijama Yadav
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| birth_date = 1971
| birth_place = Allahabad
| residence = Allahabad, Lucknow
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| office = Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
| term_start = 2022
| term_end =
| constituency = Pratappur
| predecessor = Mohd Mujtaba Siddqui
| successor =
| office2 =
| term_start2 = 1996
| term_end2 = 2007
| constituency2 = Jhusi
| predecessor2 = Jawahar Yadav (Pandit)
| successor2 = Praveen Patel
| office1 =
| term_start1 =
| term_end1 =
| constituency1 = Pratappur
| predecessor1 = Jokhu Lal Yadav
| successor1 = Mohd Mujtaba Siddqui
| termend1 = 2017
| termstart1 = 2012
| party = 20px Samajwadi Party
| spouse = Jawahar Yadav (Pandit)
| children = Devendra Pratap Singh Yadav
Jyoti Yadav
| parents =
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Vijama Yadav is an Indian politician. She is widow of deceased Leader Jawahar Yadav (Pandit). She was elected to Pratappur in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Samajwadi Party.{{cite web | url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections/uttar-pradesh/results | title=Uttar Pradesh Election Results 2022 | publisher=NDTV | accessdate=12 March 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2022/uttar-pradesh/all-winners/ | title=ALL WINNERS LIST UTTAR PRADESH ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 2022 | publisher=News18 | accessdate=12 March 2022}}{{Cite web |title=पूजा पाल और विजमा यादव दुखद है सपा विधायक बनी इन चर्चित महिलाओं की राजनीति में आने की दास्तां - Pooja Pal and Vijma Yadav both SP MLA know similarities of these famous women |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/allahabad-city-pooja-pal-and-vijma-yadav-both-sp-mla-know-similarities-of-these-famous-women-22537606.html |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}
Entrance in politics
Her husband Jawahar Yadav aka Pandit, a member of the Samajwadi Party from the then Jhunsi assembly seat of Allahabad, was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly for the second consecutive term. Establishing himself as a strong leader, Jawahar Yadav alias Pandit became one of Mulayam Singh Yadav's special people, gradually he ventured into the business of liquor and excavation of morang sand from the Yamuna Ganga basin in which he had a gang war with the Karwariya Family [https://m.thelallantop.com/article/news-detail/625d2a3033907fa4843d35fe .]{{Cite web |title=जब जवाहर पंडित ने करवरिया बंधुओं के सीने पर रायफल तान दी थी |url=https://m.thelallantop.com/article/news-detail/625d2a3033907fa4843d35fe |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=m.thelallantop.com}} in June 1995 Mulayam Singh Yadav-led Uttar Pradesh the government fell. Karwariya family was suffering huge losses in the business of Balu Morang from Jawahar Yadav alias Pandit as they had fierce competition with Jawahar Yadav Pandit on their business. After the dissolution of the assembly in 1996, the security he had as an MLA was withdrawn. He requested the government several times for protection but was ignored by the government, on Tuesday, 13 August 1996, when he was going to visit Hanuman ji at Triveni Sangam, He was attacked and murdered with an AK-47 rifle.Karwariya family was suffering huge losses in the business of Balu Morang from Jawahar Yadav alias Pandit as they had fierce competition with Jawahar Yadav Pandit on their business.The Karwariya family was accused of murder. After the murder of her husband, Vijama Yadav came into politics and was elected as MLA{{Cite web |title=Jhusi Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency |url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/jhusi-uttar-pradesh-assembly-constituency |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=resultuniversity.com}} on Samajwadi Party ticket for two consecutive terms in 1996, 2002 assembly elections from Jhusi Assembly Constituency.{{Cite web |title=सपा प्रत्याशी विजमा यादव की दास्तां, पति जवाहर पंडित की हत्या के बाद मुलायम सिंह यादव ने रखा था सिर पर हाथ |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/allahabad-city-up-election-2022-sp-candidate-vijma-yadav-entered-politics-after-murder-of-her-husband-jawahar-pandit-22434213.html |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=Dainik Jagran |language=hi}} She was defeated in the 2007 and 2017 assembly elections. In 2012 and 2022 Vidhansabha elections she was elected MLA from Pratappur Vidhansabha Constituency.
Family
Vijama Yadav has a daughter and a son, daughter's name is Jyoti Yadav who has been Block Pramukh of Phulpur block of Prayagraj and son Devendra Pratap Singh Yadav alias Golu has been an honorary councilor of Prayagraj Municipal Corporation. [https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/samajwadi-party-president-akhilesh-yadav-arrived-in-prayagraj-to-attend-marriage-ceremony-of-vijma-yadav-s-daughter-allahabad-news-ald2608338153]
Posts held
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Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027
Category:Women members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Category:Samajwadi Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh
Category:21st-century Indian women politicians
Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1997–2002
Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2002–2007