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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{For|the Nepali politician|Om Prakash Yadav Gulzari}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2014}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Om Prakash Yadav
| image               = File:Pp16 (1) Om Prakash Yadav.jpg
| caption             =
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1962|3|23|df=y}}
| birth_place         = Laheji, [[Siwan District|Siwan]], [[Bihar]], India
| residence           = Malviya Nagar, [[Siwan district|Siwan]], [[Bihar]], India
| constituency        =
| office              = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member]] of the [[India Parliament]] <br /> for [[Siwan (Lok Sabha constituency)|Siwan]]
| term_start          = 2009
| term_end            = 2019
| predecessor         = [[Mohammad Shahabuddin]]
| successor           = [[Kavita Singh (politician)|Kavita Singh]]
| party               = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| religion            =
| alma_mater          = [[Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Schools System|D.A.V. College]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|Radhika Devi|1980}}
| children            = 6
| profession          = [[Agriculturist]]<br />[[Politician]]
| website             =
| footnotes           =
| date                = 19 September
| year                = 2021
| source              = http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4462
}}
'''Om Prakash Yadav''' (born 23 March 1963) is an Indian politician and National Vice-President of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] Kisan Morcha. In the [[Indian General Election, 2009]], he was elected to the [[15th Lok Sabha]] from [[Siwan (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Siwan]], by defeating Hena Shahab by a margin over 63,000 votes.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/22/stories/verdict1.pdf | title=Prominent Winners | work=[[The Hindu]] | date=22 May 2009 | access-date=24 February 2012}}</ref>
Yadav was a member and contested elections for [[Nitish Kumar]]'s [[Janata Dal (United)]] party. However, in 2009, he was not selected to as the party candidate from [[Siwan (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Siwan]]<ref>{{cite news | url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/zee-exclusive/what-is-bihar-yearning-for-nitish-congress-both-or-none_542623.html | title=What is Bihar yearning for? Nitish, Congress - both or none? | work=[[Zee News]] | date=27 June 2009 | access-date=24 February 2012}}</ref> Yadav decided to fight the elections as an Independent, and Siwan became one of the few seats in Bihar that did not go to the former JD(U)-[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] alliance.
He joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] on 27 January 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.news18.com/videos/mp-om-prakash-yadav-joins-bjp-receives-a-grand-welcome-in-siwan-342997.html|title=MP Om Prakash Yadav joins BJP, receives a grand welcome in Siwan|work=News18|date=27 January 2014|archive-date=8 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208073045/http://www.news18.com/videos/bihar/mp-om-prakash-yadav-joins-bjp-receives-a-grand-welcome-in-siwan-342997.html|access-date=12 January 2021}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Yadav was born on 23 March 1962 in Laheji, [[Siwan district]] of Bihar to Ramanand Yadav and Simato Devi. He completed his [[bachelor of Science]] degree from [[D.A.V. College Managing Committee|DAV College]], [[Siwan, Bihar|Siwan]]. Yadav married Radhika Devi on 1 May 1980, with whom he has five daughters and a son. He is a resident of Malviya Nagar in [[Siwan district]].<ref name="Profile">{{cite news |title=Members : Lok Sabha |url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/Members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4462&lastls=16 |access-date=13 January 2021 |work=164.100.47.194}}</ref>
==2004 elections==
In 2004, Om Prakash Yadav contested the [[2004 Indian general election|general elections]] as a JD-U party candidate and lost to Shahabuddin, who was also in jail then, but could fight elections since he was yet to be convicted. There was widespread intimidation, and opponents were not able to campaign effectively because of an aura of fear.<ref name=bbc>
{{cite news
| title = Jail no bar for Bihar candidates
| author = Jyotsna Singh
| publisher = BBC News
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3645317.stm
| date = 21 April 2004
| access-date = 8 May 2007
}}</ref> Despite this, Om Prakash managed to get more than 2 [[lakh]] votes against Shahabuddin. Subsequently there was widespread violence against his the-then JD-U party
:For the crime of having dared put up a credible fight, nine JD workers were killed in the days following the election. Yadav was assigned a team of eight bodyguards.<ref>
{{cite conference
| title = The Saheb of Siwan
| author = Saba Naqvi Bhoumick
| book-title = First Proof - The Penguin Book of New Writing from India I
| date = April 2005
| isbn = 0-14-303244-5
}}</ref>
Om Prakash Yadav himself had to flee his hometown of Lalji near Siwan, and wait out the ganglord's anger while the newly elected state government worked on providing him security.
==2009 elections==
In the 2009 elections, his main opponent Hena Shahab never campaigned, showing herself in public only at a few meetings with RJD supremo [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]] and their star campaigner, movie actor [[Sanjay Dutt]]. She never spoke at the huge rallies, but only waved her hand.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://specials.rediff.com/election/2009/apr/15sld1-from-behind-a-veil-a-prisoners-wife-seeks-the-vote.htm |title=rediff.com: From behind a veil, a prisoner's wife seeks the vote |work=[[Rediff.com]] |date=15 April 2009 |access-date=24 February 2012}}</ref> It was clear that the campaign was being run in Shahabuddin's name, by his well-oiled election machinery, though many of his gang members, such as Rustam Mia, Dhruv Jayaswal, Shubrati Mia, Munsi Mia and others were in Siwan jail.
Also, since Nitish Kumar came to power in Bihar in 2005, he set up fast track courts that have sent 14,000 criminals to jail, and the atmosphere of intimidation appears to have eased up considerably.<ref>
{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/18/stories/2009051856301800.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090521120153/http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/18/stories/2009051856301800.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=21 May 2009 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Musclemen bite the dust in Bihar | date=18 May 2009}}</ref> So much so, that even criminal-politicians put up JD-U - [[Prabhunath Singh]] of Maharajganj and [[Vijay Kumar Shukla]] of Vaishali, also lost.
==References==
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[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Bihar]]
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[[Category:People from Siwan district]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Bihar]]