D. P. Yadav

Dharam Pal Yadav, also known as D.P. Yadav, is an Indian politician and a former cabinet minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh.

Career

He was an MLA four times (three times from Bulandshahr and once from Sahaswan) and also a Member of Parliament (MP) twice (representing Sambhal in both the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha). His wife and Umlesh Yadav, was MLA of Bisauli from 2007 to 2012. His nephew is currently Member of Legislative Council (MLC) from Badaun.

Inspired to join politics from the very early days of his life, Yadav befriended Mulayam Singh Yadav and contested Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections held in 1989 on the Samajwadi Party’s ticket.[1] He won the election and became a cabinet minister under the Chief Ministership of Mulayam Singh Yadav. Later he changed gears and joined BJP to contest 2004 general elections.[2] BJP fielded him from the Sambhal constituency of Uttar Pradesh. He won the election and became a member of the Parliament of India.[3]

In 2007, he formed the party Rashtriya Parivartan Dal, and two members were elected to the state legislature — himself from Sahaswan, and his wife Umlesh Yadav from Bisauli.[4]

Personal life

D.P. Yadav comes from a farming family from Sarfabad village near Sector-73, Noida of Uttar Pradesh. A son of farmer Tejpal Yadav who ran a dairy in Jagdish Nagar.[5]

His wife Umlesh Yadav was also an MLA from Uttar Pradesh but was disqualified by the Election Commission of India in October 2011 for not declaring election expenses. His nephew, Jitendra Yadav, is MLC from Uttar Pradesh. He used to live in Vasant Vihar farm house.

His family's declared assets of Rs. 26 crore  makes them one of the richest political families in Uttar Pradesh.[6] These are only his declared assets – his fortune is estimated to be well over Rs. 500 crores.[5]

Slander about Dp Yadav

Yadav became a bootlegger and entered the illegal country liquor trade as a protégé of ex-MLA of Dadri Mahendra Singh Bhati in the late 1970s. Bhati was then the Block Pramukh (village council chief) in Ghaziabad. The first criminal charge against Yadav was registered in 1979 in the Kavi Nagar police station of Ghaziabad.[7]

He has been charged in nine murder cases,[8] three cases of attempted murder, two cases of dacoity, many cases of kidnapping for extortion, as well as various crimes under the Excise Act, Gangsters' Act, and even the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act. The cases were filed in the districts of Ghaziabad, Modinagar, Bulandshahr, Moradabad, Badayun, in western Uttar Pradesh, and in Jind and Sirsa districts in Haryana. In one of the cases filed against him in Haryana in the early 1990s, illicit liquor supplied by him was responsible for the death of 350 people.[9][7]

During the BJP regime of chief minister Kalyan Singh, he was arrested under the National Security Act. In 1992 he was accused by the Central Bureau of Investigation of murdering his erstwhile mentor, Bhati, who was at the time MLA for Dadri.[8]

In March 2015, DP Yadav was sentenced to life in the Mahendra Bhati murder case[10] and was imprisoned in Dehradun jail.[11] On 10 November 2021, Uttarakhand High Court acquitted former him due to lack of evidence in the murder of former MLA Mahendra Bhati.[12]

References
  1. "'Pride of Kunda' or 'gunda'? Why 6-term MLA Raja Bhaiya is still a political force in UP". ThePrint. 5 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  2. "General Elections 2004 - Partywise Comparision for 5-Sambhal Constituency of UTTAR PRADESH". affidavitarchive.eci.nic.in. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  3. "Uttarakhand high court acquits former MP DP Yadav in 1992 murder case". Hindustan Times. 10 November 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  4. "Uttarakhand high court acquits former MP DP Yadav in 1992 murder case". Hindustan Times. 10 November 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  5. Khare, Vineet (16 December 2006). "I am DP, Don". Tehelka. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  6. "At Rs 26 cr, D P Yadav could be UP's richest political family". Indian Express. 31 March 2007. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  7. Pradhan, Sharat (25 February 2004). "Who is D P Yadav? A Dossier". Rediff.com. Retrieved 19 October 2006.
  8. When history sheet covered saffron carpet
  9. Ramachandran, Sudha (28 February 2004). "India: The crime of politics". Asia Times. Archived from the original on 19 March 2004. Retrieved 19 October 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Illicit liquor supplied by Yadav was responsible for the death of around 350 persons who consumed it.
  10. "Former MP DP Yadav sentenced to life imprisonment". Times of India. 11 March 2015.
  11. Singh, S.P.; Manoj, Kumar (11 March 2015). "23 years after Bhati's death, DP Yadav gets life term". Daily Pioneer. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  12. "Uttarakhand high court acquits former MP DP Yadav in 1992 murder case". 10 November 2021.
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