Om Prakash Yadav

Om Prakash Yadav (born 1965) is an Indian politician from Bihar. In the Indian General Election, 2009, he was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from Siwan (Lok Sabha Constituency), by defeating Hena Shahab by a margin over 63,000 votes. Mrs. Shahab, the wife of Indias most infamous politician Mohammad Shahabuddin, was widely viewed as a proxy for him.Yadav was a member and contested elections for Nitish Kumars Janata Dal (United) party. However, in 2009, he was not selected to as the party candidate from Siwan and was replaced by Brishin Patel, who was perceived to be close to Nitish Kumar as he belonged to the same Kurmi caste, and had also won the seat in 1991. However, Brishin had lost touch - he polled 7% of the votes; this may count among Nitishs major errors in the elections. Om Prakash 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)-BJP alliance.As an independent candidate, Om Prakash Yadav was suspected to support the Indian National Congress led coalitionHe however joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 27 Jan 2014.

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