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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/The_Member_of_Parliament_%28Lok_Sabha%29%2C_Shri_Rajesh_Ranjan_%28Pappu_Yadav%29_meeting_the_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_Shri_Suresh_Prabhakar_Prabhu%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_22%2C_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="362" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/The_Member_of_Parliament_%28Lok_Sabha%29%2C_Shri_Rajesh_Ranjan_%28Pappu_Yadav%29_meeting_the_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_Shri_Suresh_Prabhakar_Prabhu%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_22%2C_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/The_Member_of_Parliament_%28Lok_Sabha%29%2C_Shri_Rajesh_Ranjan_%28Pappu_Yadav%29_meeting_the_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_Shri_Suresh_Prabhakar_Prabhu%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_22%2C_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="671" data-file-height="1104" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha">Member of Parliament</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />4 June 2024</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Santosh_Kumar_Kushwaha" title="Santosh Kumar Kushwaha">Santosh Kumar Kushwaha</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Purnia_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Purnia Lok Sabha constituency">Purnia</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />16 May 2014 – 23 May 2019</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sharad_Yadav" title="Sharad Yadav">Sharad Yadav</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Chandra_Yadav_(Indian_politician)" title="Dinesh Chandra Yadav (Indian politician)">Dinesh Chandra Yadav</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Madhepura_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Madhepura Lok Sabha constituency">Madhepura</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2004–2009</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lalu_Prasad_Yadav" title="Lalu Prasad Yadav">Lalu Prasad Yadav</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sharad_Yadav" title="Sharad Yadav">Sharad Yadav</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Madhepura_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Madhepura (Lok Sabha constituency)">Madhepura</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1999–2004</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jai_Krishna_Mandal" title="Jai Krishna Mandal">Jai Krishna Mandal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Uday_Singh" title="Uday Singh">Uday Singh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Purnea_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Purnea (Lok Sabha constituency)">Purnea</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1991–1998</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Taslimuddin" title="Mohammed Taslimuddin">Mohammed Taslimuddin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jai_Krishna_Mandal" title="Jai Krishna Mandal">Jai Krishna Mandal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Purnea_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Purnea (Lok Sabha constituency)">Purnea</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Bihar_Legislative_Assembly" title="Bihar Legislative Assembly">Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1990–1991</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ramendra_Kumar_Yadav" title="Ramendra Kumar Yadav">Ramendra Kumar Yadav</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Bam Bhola Yadav</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Singheshwar_Assembly_constituency" title="Singheshwar Assembly constituency">Singheshwar</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Jan_Adhikar_Party_(Loktantrik)" title="Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)">President</a> of <a href="/wiki/Jan_Adhikar_Party_(Loktantrik)" title="Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)">Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />9 May 2015 – 20 March 2024</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i> Position abolished </i></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Rajesh Ranjan</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1967-12-24</span>) </span>24 December 1967<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 57)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Madhepura_district" title="Madhepura district">Khurda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_National_Congress_hand_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Indian_National_Congress_hand_logo.svg/20px-Indian_National_Congress_hand_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Indian_National_Congress_hand_logo.svg/30px-Indian_National_Congress_hand_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Indian_National_Congress_hand_logo.svg/40px-Indian_National_Congress_hand_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="860" data-file-height="860" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(2024-Incumbent)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a>(2024-2024),<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Adhikar_Party_(Loktantrik)" title="Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)">Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)</a></li><li>(2015 – 2024)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">Rashtriya Janata Dal</a></li><li>(1991 – 2015)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ranjeet_Ranjan" title="Ranjeet Ranjan">Ranjeet Ranjan</a> (INC)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sarthak_Ranjan" title="Sarthak Ranjan">Sarthak Ranjan</a></li><li>Prakriti Ranjan</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence(s)</th><td class="infobox-data label">AB-7, Pandara Road, <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a> <a href="/wiki/NCT_of_Delhi" class="mw-redirect" title="NCT of Delhi">NCT of Delhi</a>, 110001</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bhupendra_Narayan_Mandal_University" title="Bhupendra Narayan Mandal University">B N Mandal University</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Rajesh Ranjan</b> (born 24 December 1967) popularly known as <b>Pappu Yadav</b>, is an Indian politician from <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha">member of Parliament (MP)</a> representing <a href="/wiki/Purnia_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Purnia Lok Sabha constituency">Purnia constituency</a> in Bihar.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Emerging from a background linked to crime, Yadav transitioned into politics in the 1990s. He has been elected to the <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> in <a href="/wiki/1991_Indian_general_election" title="1991 Indian general election">1991</a>, <a href="/wiki/1996_Indian_general_election" title="1996 Indian general election">1996</a>, <a href="/wiki/1999_Indian_general_election" title="1999 Indian general election">1999</a>, <a href="/wiki/2004_Indian_general_election" title="2004 Indian general election">2004</a>, <a href="/wiki/2014_Indian_general_election" title="2014 Indian general election">2014</a> and <a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election" title="2024 Indian general election">2024</a>, representing various constituencies in Bihar either independently or under different party banners including the <a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Party" title="Samajwadi Party">Samajwadi Party</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lok_Janshakti_Party" title="Lok Janshakti Party">Lok Janshakti Party</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)</a>, but his electoral success has been largely independent of party affiliations. </p><p>In the 2015 Bihar elections he formed his own party, <a href="/wiki/Jan_Adhikar_Party_(Loktantrik)" title="Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)">Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but failed to make any impact and could barely capture any votes.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 20 March 2024, he merged his party with the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress (INC)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pappu_Yadav&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pappu Yadav was born on 24 December 1967 in a <a href="/wiki/Zamindars_of_Bihar" title="Zamindars of Bihar">landowning</a> family in Khurda Karveli village (<a href="/wiki/Kumarkhand_(community_development_block)" title="Kumarkhand (community development block)">Kumarkhand</a> block), <a href="/wiki/Madhepura_district" title="Madhepura district">Madhepura district</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>. He studied in <a href="/wiki/Anand_Marg" class="mw-redirect" title="Anand Marg">Anand Marg</a> School at Anand Palli, <a href="/wiki/Supaul" title="Supaul">Supaul</a>. He completed graduation in <a href="/wiki/Political_science" title="Political science">political science</a> from <a href="/wiki/B_N_Mandal_University" class="mw-redirect" title="B N Mandal University">B. N. Mandal University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madhepura" title="Madhepura">Madhepura</a> and a diploma in <a href="/wiki/Disaster_Management" class="mw-redirect" title="Disaster Management">disaster management</a> and <a href="/wiki/Human_rights" title="Human rights">human rights</a> from <a href="/wiki/IGNOU" class="mw-redirect" title="IGNOU">IGNOU</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rajesh Ranjan is his official name but nickname Pappu was given by his grandfather in childhood. He is married to <a href="/wiki/Ranjeet_Ranjan" title="Ranjeet Ranjan">Ranjeet Ranjan</a>. She was also an MP from <a href="/wiki/Madhepura_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Madhepura (Lok Sabha constituency)">Madhepura</a> but lost to <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">Janata Dal (United) (JDU)</a> in 2019 general election. His son <a href="/wiki/Sarthak_Ranjan" title="Sarthak Ranjan">Sarthak Ranjan</a>, is a <a href="/wiki/Twenty20" title="Twenty20">T-20</a> <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricket</a> player for <a href="/wiki/Delhi_cricket_team" title="Delhi cricket team">Delhi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bio_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bio-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Yadav's entry into the criminal world was facilitated by his maternal uncle, Arjun Singh, a dominant figure in his district, who used to run a <a href="/wiki/Parallel_state" title="Parallel state">parallel government</a> in the area. Yadav succeeded Singh in his operations and founded the youth organization <i>Yuva Shakti</i>, which allegedly engaged in criminal activities under his leadership.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pappu_Yadav&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Yadav's political journey began with his independent win in the <a href="/wiki/Singheshwar_Assembly_constituency" title="Singheshwar Assembly constituency">Singheshwar constituency</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1990_Bihar_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election">1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election</a>. He soon garnered the attention of prominent politicians, including RJD chief <a href="/wiki/Lalu_Prasad_Yadav" title="Lalu Prasad Yadav">Lalu Prasad Yadav</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/1991_Indian_general_election" title="1991 Indian general election">1991 Indian general election</a>, Yadav won the Purnia Lok Sabha constituency with a significant margin, solidifying his influence in the <a href="/wiki/Kosi_division" title="Kosi division">Kosi region</a>. </p><p>In 2008, Yadav was convicted of murder and sentenced to <a href="/wiki/Life_imprisonment" title="Life imprisonment">life imprisonment</a>, which disqualified him from fighting future elections.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2009_Lok_Sabha_election">2009 Lok Sabha election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pappu_Yadav&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 2009 Lok Sabha election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Member_of_Parliament_(Lok_Sabha),_Shri_Rajesh_Ranjan_(Pappu_Yadav)_meeting_the_Union_Minister_for_Railways,_Shri_Suresh_Prabhakar_Prabhu,_in_New_Delhi_on_March_22,_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/The_Member_of_Parliament_%28Lok_Sabha%29%2C_Shri_Rajesh_Ranjan_%28Pappu_Yadav%29_meeting_the_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_Shri_Suresh_Prabhakar_Prabhu%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_22%2C_2016.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/The_Member_of_Parliament_%28Lok_Sabha%29%2C_Shri_Rajesh_Ranjan_%28Pappu_Yadav%29_meeting_the_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_Shri_Suresh_Prabhakar_Prabhu%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_22%2C_2016.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/The_Member_of_Parliament_%28Lok_Sabha%29%2C_Shri_Rajesh_Ranjan_%28Pappu_Yadav%29_meeting_the_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_Shri_Suresh_Prabhakar_Prabhu%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_22%2C_2016.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1959" data-file-height="1470" /></a><figcaption>Pappu Yadav meeting the Union Minister for Railways, Shri <a href="/wiki/Suresh_Prabhakar_Prabhu" class="mw-redirect" title="Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu">Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu</a></figcaption></figure> <p>On 2 April 2009, the <a href="/wiki/Patna_High_Court" title="Patna High Court">Patna High Court</a> rejected Yadav's plea to be allowed to contest the <a href="/wiki/2009_Indian_general_election" title="2009 Indian general election">2009 Indian parliamentary elections</a> because he had been convicted of murder. On 11 April, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav expelled Pappu Yadav from the party. His mother Shanti Priya fought elections in his place, she lost to <a href="/wiki/Uday_Singh" title="Uday Singh">Uday Singh</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_Bihar_election">2010 Bihar election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pappu_Yadav&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2010 Bihar election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During <a href="/wiki/2010_Bihar_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election">2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election</a>, Pappu Yadav along with Anil Yadav and Rampravesh Rai were expelled from the RJD for alleged anti-party activity. They were charged with working against the party's official nominee for <a href="/wiki/Fatuha_Assembly_constituency" title="Fatuha Assembly constituency">Fatuha Assembly constituency</a>, Ramanand Yadav. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2014_Lok_Sabha_election">2014 Lok Sabha election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pappu_Yadav&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2014 Lok Sabha election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Yadav was acquitted of murder and subsequently fought in the <a href="/wiki/2014_Indian_general_election" title="2014 Indian general election">2014 general elections</a>. </p><p>Pappu Yadav defeated JD(U)'S <a href="/wiki/Sharad_Yadav" title="Sharad Yadav">Sharad Yadav</a> and become an MP for the fifth time.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His wife, Ranjeet Ranjan was also elected from Supaul from Congress. Pappu Yadav became one of the 'best performing' MPs from Bihar in 2015 for his attendance and participation in debates.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2015_Bihar_election">2015 Bihar election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pappu_Yadav&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2015 Bihar election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 7 May 2015, the RJD expelled him due to anti-party activities, after which he founded a new party <a href="/wiki/Jan_Adhikar_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Jan Adhikar Party">Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-india1_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-india1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pappu Yadav floated the new party just before the <a href="/wiki/2015_Bihar_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election">2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-thehindubusinessline1_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindubusinessline1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He campaigned against the <a href="/wiki/Nitish_Kumar" title="Nitish Kumar">Nitish</a>-Lalu alliance.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His party fought on 64 seats as part of Socialist Secular Morcha to form a third front in but failed to win any seats in the <a href="/wiki/16th_Bihar_Assembly" title="16th Bihar Assembly">16th Bihar Assembly</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2019_Lok_Sabha_election">2019 Lok Sabha election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pappu_Yadav&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2019 Lok Sabha election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pappu Yadav suffered a defeat in <a href="/wiki/2019_Indian_general_election" title="2019 Indian general election">2019</a> when he contested from his own party from Madhepura constituency but came third behind <a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Chandra_Yadav_(Indian_politician)" title="Dinesh Chandra Yadav (Indian politician)">Dinesh Chandra Yadav</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sharad_Yadav" title="Sharad Yadav">Sharad Yadav</a>. His wife lost her seat to <a href="/wiki/Dileshwar_Kamait" title="Dileshwar Kamait">Dileshwar Kamait</a> after contesting from Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_Bihar_election">2020 Bihar election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pappu_Yadav&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2020 Bihar election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In September 2020, prior to the <a href="/wiki/2020_Bihar_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election">Bihar Assembly elections</a>, Yadav floated a new alliance called People Democratic Alliance which contained parties like <a href="/wiki/Bahujan_Mukti_Party" title="Bahujan Mukti Party">Bahujan Mukti Party</a> and <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_India" title="Social Democratic Party of India">Social Democractic Party of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">Indian Union Muslim League</a> along with <a href="/wiki/Azad_Samaj_Party_(Kanshi_Ram)" title="Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram)">Azad Samaj Party</a>, the party of <a href="/wiki/Dalit" title="Dalit">Dalit</a> activist and president of <a href="/wiki/Bhim_Army" title="Bhim Army">Bhim Army</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chandrashekhar_Azad_Ravan" class="mw-redirect" title="Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan">Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2024_Lok_Sabha_election">2024 Lok Sabha election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pappu_Yadav&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2024 Lok Sabha election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pappu Yadav, who contested the Purnia Lok Sabha seat in Bihar as an independent candidate, won the seat by a margin of over 23,000 votes. He defeated JDU candidate Santosh Kushwaha and RJD candidate <a href="/wiki/Bima_Bharti" title="Bima Bharti">Bima Bharti</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Positions_held">Positions held</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pappu_Yadav&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Positions held"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pappu Yadav was elected as MP, four times from the Purnia and twice from Madhepura constituency. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>#</th> <th>From</th> <th>To</th> <th>Position </th> <th>Constituency</th> <th>Party </th></tr> <tr> <td>1. </td> <td>1990 </td> <td>1991 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Legislative_Assembly_(India)" title="Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)">MLA</a> (1st term) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Singheshwar_Assembly_constituency" title="Singheshwar Assembly constituency">Singheshwar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2. </td> <td>1991 </td> <td>1996 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha">MP</a> (1st term) in <a href="/wiki/10th_Lok_Sabha" title="10th Lok Sabha">10th Lok Sabha</a> (<a href="/wiki/By-election" title="By-election">by-poll</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Purnia_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Purnia Lok Sabha constituency">Purnia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3. </td> <td>1996 </td> <td>1998 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha">MP</a> (2nd term) in <a href="/wiki/11th_Lok_Sabha" title="11th Lok Sabha">11th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Purnia_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Purnia Lok Sabha constituency">Purnia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Party" title="Samajwadi Party">SP</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4. </td> <td>1999 </td> <td>2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha">MP</a> (3rd term) in <a href="/wiki/13th_Lok_Sabha" title="13th Lok Sabha">13th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Purnia_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Purnia Lok Sabha constituency">Purnia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5. </td> <td>2004 </td> <td>2009 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha">MP</a> (4th term) in <a href="/wiki/14th_Lok_Sabha" title="14th Lok Sabha">14th Lok Sabha</a> (by-poll) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madhepura_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Madhepura Lok Sabha constituency">Madhepura</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">RJD</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6. </td> <td>2014 </td> <td>2019 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha">MP</a> (5th term) in <a href="/wiki/16th_Lok_Sabha" title="16th Lok Sabha">16th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madhepura_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Madhepura Lok Sabha constituency">Madhepura</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">RJD</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7. </td> <td>2024 </td> <td>2029 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha">MP</a> (6th term) in <a href="/wiki/18th_Lok_Sabha" title="18th Lok Sabha">18th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Purnia_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Purnia Lok Sabha constituency">Purnia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pappu_Yadav&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Yadav was allegedly involved in aiding Kim Davy, the prime accused in the <a href="/wiki/Purulia_arms_drop_case" title="Purulia arms drop case">Purulia arms drop case</a>, in evading Indian authorities in 1995 during his tenure as an independent MP.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2008, Pappu Yadav was convicted by a special court in <a href="/wiki/Ajit_Sarkar" title="Ajit Sarkar">Ajit Sarkar</a> murder case of 1998 and sentenced to life imprisonment.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was involved in various controversies while in imprisonment, like holding audiences and having unrestricted access to cellphones. He was acquitted in 2013 by the Patna High Court. <a href="/wiki/Central_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Central Bureau of Investigation">Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)</a> has filed an appeal challenging his arrest in the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_India" title="Supreme Court of India">Supreme Court</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In his autobiography <i>Drohkaal ka Pathik</i>, released in November 2013, Pappu Yadav has alleged that three MPs of <a href="/wiki/Indian_Federal_Democratic_Party" title="Indian Federal Democratic Party">Indian Federal Democratic Party</a> got money from the then <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Finance_(India)" title="Ministry of Finance (India)">finance minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Yashwant_Sinha" title="Yashwant Sinha">Yashwant Sinha</a>, to join the <a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">NDA</a> in 2001. He has also claimed that during the <a href="/wiki/Cash-for-votes_scandal" title="Cash-for-votes scandal">July 2008 trust vote</a>, both the Congress and BJP had offered "Rs 40 crore each" to MPs for their support.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015 he was once again in controversy after being reported to have allegedly threatened to hit a <a href="/wiki/Jet_Airways" title="Jet Airways">Jet Airways</a> airhostess with slippers.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2020, Pappu Yadav and his supporters defaced advertisements and billboards of Chinese companies on the streets of Patna, after the <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%932021_China%E2%80%93India_skirmishes" title="2020–2021 China–India skirmishes">Galwan clash</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2021, Pappu Yadav was arrested in a 32 year old kidnapping case and for flouting <a href="/wiki/Social_distancing_measures_related_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="Social distancing measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 norms</a>. Pappu Yadav has alleged political vendetta as he was raising questions against government expenditures in ambulance management during COVID-19.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As per 2019 election <a href="/wiki/Affidavit" title="Affidavit">affidavit</a>, Pappu Yadav has 31 pending cases against him.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This number shot up to 41 in 2024. </p><p>On 12 April 2023, he was convicted under Section 147 and 353 of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Penal_Code" title="Indian Penal Code">Indian Penal Code (IPC)</a> a special MP/MLA court in <a href="/wiki/Patna" title="Patna">Patna</a>. On 24 November 2023, he was convicted under IPC Section 414 by the same court. Yadav has filed an appeal for both the cases.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pappu_Yadav&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mafia_Raj" title="Mafia Raj">Mafia Raj</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pappu_Yadav&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ndtv.com/elections/article/election-2014/pappu-yadav-returns-to-rjd-gets-ticket-from-bihar-s-madhepura-494033">Pappu Yadav returns to RJD, gets ticket from Bihar's Madhepura</a>. 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