Born in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, Shivpal Yadav is the leader of Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia). He is the uncle of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, and is the younger brother of of Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav . He graduated from KK Degree College, Etawah (Kanpur University) in 1976 and went on to Lucknow University to pursue his Bachelor of physical education which he completed in 1977. Shivpal Yadav first became the Member of Legislative Assembly in 1996 from the Jaswantnagar Assembly constituency. Later in 2003, Yadav became a cabinet member in the UP government headed by Mulayam Singh Yadav. Under Akhilesh Yadav's government, Shivpal Yadav was made cabinet minister again in 2012. In 2009, when the then UP SP president passed away, Shivpal was appointed the president. He was also appointed as the Leader of the Opposition when Mayawati was the chief minister. In 2016, the leader was appointed as the Samajwadi Party state chief. However, he resigned days later from all the party posts and ministerial berths held by him in the Uttar Pradesh government due to internal party feuds. After leaving the Samajwadi party, Shivpal Yadav founded the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party to retain socialist values in August 2018. Ahead of the 2022 UP elections, Shivpal Yadav said that his party's priority is to form an alliance with the Samajwadi Party, saying that it should be allotted 100 seats. Earlier this month, Akhilesh Yadav also said that he would be working to join hands with Shivpal Yadav on Mulayam Singh's birthday.
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The internal feud within Samajwadi Party (SP) doesn’t seem to end soon as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his uncle and party president Shivpal Yadav are now at loggerheads over nomination of poll candidatures.
Mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad, who managed to bag the Samajwadi Party ticket from Kanpur Cantonment despite facing several serious criminal charges, has claimed that Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has backed his candidature.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will today inaugurate his dream project – the six lane Agra-Lucknow Greenfield expressway – in Unnao.
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Samajwadi Party’s latest attempt to put up a united face at its silver jubilee celebrations today didn’t came through as state party chief Shivpal Singh Yadav took many pot shots at his nephew and Uttar
Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Yadav, who was sacked from the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet, today said he never nurtured an ambition to become the chief minister and will always remain a "disciplined soldier" of his brother Mulayam Singh Yadav.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav may have been in headlines for his infamous spat with uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav and differences with father and Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, but that does not
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The ongoing tussle in the Yadav family turned bitter on Sunday after Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav sacked uncle Shivpal Yadav and three others from the government while the party top brass sacked his backer and MP Ram Gopal Yadav from the party.
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Shivpal Yadav, president of the Uttar Pradesh unit of Samajwadi Party, today clarified that incumbent Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will be the party’s CM face in the upcoming elections to the state Assembly.
Udayveer Singh has accused Mulayam Singh Yadav’s second wife of being part of the conspiracy against Akhilesh, saying the party patriarch needed to make way for his son.
Uttar Pradesh Samajwadi Party chief Shivpal Yadav on Thursday met Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav with an invitation to party's jubilee celebrations scheduled on November 5
Shivpal Yadav, who has reassumed his charge as Samajwadi party's state president, has suspended as many as 10 partymen for six years. These include 4 MLCs and other party leaders who are considered closed to
Shivpal Yadav, soon after assuming charge as Samajwadi Party unit president, expelled a close relative of senior party leader Ram Gopal Yadav along with another leader for their alleged involvement in land grabbing.
UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has written a letter to state Governor Ram Naik requesting him to allocate Irrigation and flood control, revenue and cooperative ministries to Shivpal Singh Yadav.
Shivpal Singh Yadav today said that anybody sitting in the chair of Chief Minister should not be arrogant and that the post demands more experience and tactfulness. “Anyone sitting on the chair of the CM
Samajwadi party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav today rejected the resignation of Shivpal Singh Yadav from the post of UP party president . The SP chief rejected Shivpal's resignation during a meeting with him at his
In ongoing political crises in Samajwadi Party, senior Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Singh Yadav on Thursday resigns from Uttar Pradesh cabinet. Amid open feud in the family, SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav rushed here
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