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AAP's Yogendra Yadav was called Salim as a child

Gurgaon: AAP's Gurgaon candidate Yogendra Yadav has a Muslim name too. His family and close friends call him 'Salim', while one of his sisters, Neelam, is known as 'Najma'. Yadav said he was named Salim

Yadav's wife Madhulika Banerjee, who is an associate professor at the University Of Delhi, also calls her husband Salim.

"Yogendra Yadav as well as his ancestors have this great feeling of patriotism.

The family is one of the most respected in the region," Jaswant Singh Yadav, a retired Delhi Police officer and resident of Saharanwas village in Rewari, told IANS.