Aparna Yadav: News

Aparna Bisht Yadav is a social worker and politician of the Samajwadi Party (SP). She is the daughter-in-law of party patriarch and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Mulayam Singh Yadav. She married into the Yadav family in 2011, becoming the wife of Prateek Yadav, Mulayam Singh’s son from his second wife, Sadhana Gupta. A trained Hindustani classical singer, Yadav has done her Master’s in International Relations and Politics from the University of Manchester, UK. She contested for the first time in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections from Lucknow Cantonment constituency but lost to Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Rita Bahuguna Joshi. Yadav works for women’s rights issues and is an advocate of women’s empowerment.

19 Jan 2022

Yogi Adityanath

In a first, Akhilesh Yadav to contest Uttar Pradesh elections

Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav has reportedly decided to contest the 2022 Uttar Pradesh elections, according to ANI.

19 Jan 2022

Samajwadi Party

Who is Aparna Yadav, BJP's new recruit from Mulayam's family?

Aparna Yadav, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's sister-in-law, added a fresh twist to the political scene in Uttar Pradesh after she joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday.

30 Nov 2017

SP

Mulayam Singh's daughter-in-law irks Karni Sena by dancing on 'Ghoomar'

That the Karni Sena has a problem with 'Padmavati' is well-known, but it seems it has issues with everyone who associates themselves to it in any way.

03 Jul 2017

Yogi Adityanath

Akhilesh's sister-in-law's NGO received over 80% of UP 'gaushala' grant

Political nepotism does run in Indian politics and an RTI query filed by activist Nutan Thakur proved that. Apparently, Aparna Yadav, Akhilesh's sister-in-law's NGO Jeev Ashray received over 80% of UP gaushala grant between 2012-2017.