Tejashwi Yadav
Tejashwi Yadav | |
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| 4th Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar | |
| In office 20 November 2015 – 26 July 2017 | |
| Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
| Preceded by | Sushil Kumar Modi |
| Succeeded by | Sushil Kumar Modi |
| Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly for Raghopur constituency | |
| Assumed office 8 November 2015 | |
| Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
| Preceded by | Satish Kumar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Tejashwi Prasad Yadav 9 November 1989 Patna, Bihar, India |
| Nationality | India |
| Political party | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| Relations | Tej Pratap Yadav (Sibling) Misa Bharti (Sibling) Rajlaxmi Yadav (Sibling) Tej Pratap Singh Yadav (Brother-in-law) |
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| Occupation | Cricketer, politician |
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| Born | 9 November 1989 Patna, Bihar, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Middle-order batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008-2012 | Delhi Daredevils | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Jharkhand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Only First-class | 10 November 2009 Jharkhand v Vidarbha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| List A debut | 14 February 2010 Jharkhand v Orissa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last List A | 16 February 2010 Jharkhand v Tripura | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tejashwi Prasad Yadav (born 9 November 1989) is an Indian politician and former cricketer. He was the fourth Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, in Nitish Kumar government after 2015 assembly election for twenty months. [1]
Early life and personal life
Yadav is the second eldest son of the convicted former chief minister of Bihar Lalu Prasad Yadav who was awarded 5 years rigorous imprisonment in the Fodder Scam by CBI court.[2][3] He has studied a and passed only up to 8th class, he dropped out of school without completing his basic school education after he failed in 9th class. He has been criticised for becoming Education Minister of Bihar despite being 9th fail.[4][5][6]
Cricket career
Prior to his plunge into politics, Yadav was a cricketer, who played as middle-order batsman in one Ranji Trophy match and two limited-overs games for Jharkhand. He was also a part of the Delhi Daredevils for its 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012 Indian Premier League seasons.[7]
Political career
He was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly from the Raghopur constituency as a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal in 2015.[8][9] He became deputy Chief Minister in Bihar govt from Nov 2015 till july 2017, where his elder brother Tej Pratap was also a minister in the Bihar government.<ref name=ie1>
References
- ^ "Tejashwi Yadav appointed Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar". Indian Express. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ^ "Laloo Prasad taken into custody, BBC News, 5 April 2000". BBC News. 5 April 2000. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- ^ bbc (3 October 2013). "India corruption: Laloo Prasad Yadav jailed for five years". BBC News India. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- ^ "9th pass Tejashwi Yadav becomes deputy chief minister of Bihar; Why our democracy needs more educated legislators". India.com. 21 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ Nitish's cabinet], Indian Express, 23 Nov 2015.
- ^ 12th class fail son of Lalu Yadav becomes Bihar deputy chief minister, school dropouts made cabinet ministers, News East West, 21 Nov 2015.
- ^ Saurabh Tiwary named Jharkhand captain
- ^ "Lalu Prasad's son Tejaswi celebrates birthday along with Bihar win". Sanjay Ojha. The Times of India. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ^ "Dad by his side, debutant Tejashwi Yadav plays the right strokes". The Economic Times. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
