Chandrapal Singh Yadav
Chandrapal Singh Yadav is an Indian politician who serves as a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India. He was previously a member of the 14th Lok Sabha for the Jhansi constituency in Uttar Pradesh. He was also a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly between 1996 and 2001.
He was educated at Gorakhpur University and Lucknow University and has M.Sc., M.A., B.Ed. and LL.B. degrees along with PhD from Bundelkhand University in 2006. he declared his profession to be an agriculturist. He married Gyanwati Yadav on 1 January 1977, and the couple have a son and a daughter.
Yadav served in the 14th Lok Sabha as a member of the Committee on Estimates, Committee on Energy and Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme.
Yadav has also been involved in public education programs focused on Dalits and has organized public dramatic performances which attack practices that Indian rationalists consider superstitions.
Yadav stood as a candidate in the 2014 Indian general election from Jhansi constituency and was defeated by Uma Bharti of the BJP.
In November 2014 he was one of eleven Samajwadi Party members who joined the Rajya Sabha upon election.
