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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

IANS Published : Apr 06, 2014 13:21 IST, Updated : Apr 06, 2014 13:31 IST
"About seven years ago, I came to know that Yogendra was called Salim within the family," said Chaudhary, member of AAP's Haryana election coordination committee.

In 2007, he happened to stay at Yadav's Model Town house in Rewari.

"Yogendra's sister Poonam, who is a doctor and works at a hospital in Rewari, asked me 'Are you friend of Salim Bhai?' I did not understand but later I came to know she was calling Yogendra as Salim," he said.

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