Renu Kumari Yadav (Nepali: रेणु कुमारी यादव) (born 16 January 1959) is a Nepali politician and member of House of Representatives on proportional representation.
She most recently served as the Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation of Nepal in the ruling coalition government led by Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba. Recently, Yadav resigned from the People's Socialist Party, Nepal.
Personal life Yadav was born on June 19, 1963, in Forbesganj, India to Rameshwor Prasad and Chintamani Devi Yadav. She belongs to the Ahir community.
Political life Yadav was elected as a Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) candidate to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election from the Saptari 3 constituency.Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates In 2002 she was elected to the central committee of the RPP.
In June 2003, she was named Minister for Women, Children and Social Affairs in the Surya Bahadur Thapa-led cabinet appointed by King Gyanendra. When the RPP was divided and Thapa broke away and formed the Rastriya Janshakti Party, Yadav joined the new RJP.
In February 2008 she resigned from the parliament and left RJP, in support of the Madhesi agitation.Nepalnews.com Mercantile Communications Pvt. Ltd
In April 2008, she won the Saptari 4 seat in the Constituent Assembly election as a Madhesi Janadhikar Forum candidate.eKantipur.com - Nepal's No.1 News Portal In late May 2008, she was included in the central committee of MJF.Nepalnews.com, news from Nepal as it happens She was subsequently appointed as Minister of Education and sworn in on August 22, 2008."Cabinet formed including MJF, UML fails to join" , Nepalnews, August 22, 2008.
Controversies
Leading party split: As per trusted sources and national media's, Yadav wanted to split the with seven other MPs which included Bimal Prasad Shrivastav, Surendra Kumar Yadav, Mohammad Estiyak Rai, Pradeep Yadav, Umashankar Argariya, Kalu Devi Bishwakarma and Renuka Gurung. Though the plan went unsuccess do to last moment merger of Samajbadi Party, Nepal and Rastriya Janata Party Nepal to form People's Socialist Party, Nepal it was highly covered by national medias. Gaur incident: Minister Yadav was shown black flag in Gaur, Rautahat on 20 January 2021 by farmers and party cadets of Janamat party led by CK Raut. After this incident, she said not to make a challenge else Raut and fellow farmers would be killed and that the incident of Gaur Rice mill would repeat when her party workers with Upendra Yadav present killed 28 Maoist workers led by Prabhu Sah trying to organize program on same field of rice mill.
Electoral history
2013 Constituent Assembly election Saptari 4PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Tara Kanta Chaudhary8,217Nepali CongressDinesh Kumar Yadav6,985Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)Satya Narayan Yadav4,384Sadbhavana PartyJismul Khan4,141Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, NepalRenu Kumari Yadav3,007IndependentSurya Narayan Mandal1,533Rastriya Madhesh Samajbadi PartyGajendra Kumar Mandal1,515Terai Madhesh Loktantrik PartyPuspa Thakur1,005Others5,996ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: NepalNews
2008 Constituent Assembly election Saptari 4PartyCandidateVotesMadhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, NepalRenu Kumari Yadav12,681Nepal Sadbhavana Party (Anandidevi)Jismul Khan7,590Nepali CongressDinesh Kumar Yadav6,070Sadbhavana PartySatya Narayan Yadav5,344CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Jagadish Prasad Sah5,254CPN (Maoist)Chhedi Safi2,899Terai Madhesh Loktantrik PartySurendra Narayan Mandal2,536Dalit Janajati PartyJagajiwan Ram1,966Others4,678Invalid votes2,974ResultMJFN gainSource: Election Commission
1999 legislative elections Saptari 3PartyCandidateVotesRastriya Prajatantra PartyRenu Kumari Yadav17,231CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Suman Raj Pyakurel10,910Nepali CongressAnis Ansari10,803Nepal Sadbhawana PartySurya Narayan Mandal10,126Others2,699Invalid Votes1,914ResultRPP gainSource: Election Commission
1994 legislative elections Saptari 3PartyCandidateVotesNepal Sadbhawana PartyAnis Ansari12,743IndependentSurya Narayan Mandal8,921Rastriya Prajatantra PartyRenu Kumari Yadav6,411Nepali CongressDev Narayan Yadav5,431CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Jaya Krishna Goit5,367IndependentShiva Prasad Pokharel2,590Others999ResultNSP gainSource: Election Commission
See also
People's Socialist Party
References