Hemchand Yadav

Hemchand Yadav
Hemchand Yadav
Minister of Higher & Technical education, Science & Technology,; Government of Chhattisgarh
	In office; 8 December 2008 – 8 December 2013
Preceded by	Ajay Chandrakar
Succeeded by	Prem Prakash Pandey
Minister of Water Resources,; Government of Chhattisgarh
	In office; 7 December 2003 – 8 December 2013
Preceded by	Dhanesh Patila
Succeeded by	Brijmohan Agrawal
Minister of Transport,; Government of Chhattisgarh
	In office; 6 July 2004 – 8 December 2008
Succeeded by	Rajesh Munat
Minister of Food, Civil Supply, Government of Chhattisgarh
	In office; 6 July 2004 – 18 June 2005
Minister of Sports and Youth welfare, Government of Chhattisgarh
	In office; 7 December 2003 – 18 June 2005
Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
	In office; 2000–2013
Succeeded by	Arun Vora
Constituency	Durg City
Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	In office; 1998–2000
Preceded by	Arun Vora
Constituency	Durg
Personal details
Born	1 December 1958; Baigapara, Durg, Madhya Pradesh, India; (now in Chhattisgarh, India)
Died	11 April 2018 (aged 59); Delhi, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Leela Yadav
Children	4

Hemchand Yadav (1 December 1958 - 11 April 2018) was an Indian politician and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was cabinet minister in Government of Chhattisgarh from 2003 to 2013.

Early life

Yadav was born to small farmer Ramlal Yadav in Durg. He married Leela Yadav on 9 March 1976 and they have four children, two sons and two daughter. In 1987, he became active in politics.

Political career

Yadav was first elected to Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1998 from Durg Constituency by defeating his congress rival Arun Vora by a margin of 3,279. After creation of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly, he contested 2003 assembly election and won by a huge of 22,573 and became Cabinet minister water resources, sports and youth welfare in Raman Singh's Cabinet.^[1]^[2] He held various portfolios such as Water resources, Sports and Youth welfare, Transport,^[3] Food, Civil Supply, Higher & Technical education till 2013. Hemchand Yadav Vishwavidyalaya is named after him.

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[1] ttp://cgvidhansabha.gov.in/hindi_new/satra/third_assembly/3RD_ASSEMBLY.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[2] "Chhattisgarh Assembly Election Results 2008".

[3] "Five ministers dropped from Chattisgarh cabinet".

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Early life

Political career

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