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'''Dharam Pal Yadav''', also known as '''D.P. Yadav''', is an Indian politician and a former cabinet minister in the Government of [[Uttar Pradesh]].

==Career==
He was an [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] four times (three times from Bulandshahr and once from Sahaswan) and also a Member of Parliament (MP) twice (representing Sambhal in both the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha).{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}} His wife and [[Umlesh Yadav]], was MLA of [[Bisauli (Assembly constituency)|Bisauli]] from 2007 to 2012. His nephew is currently Member of Legislative Council (MLC) from Badaun.{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}}

Inspired to join politics from the very early days of his life, Yadav befriended [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]] and contested Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections held in 1989 on the Samajwadi Party’s ticket.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-05 |title='Pride of Kunda' or 'gunda'? Why 6-term MLA Raja Bhaiya is still a political force in UP |url=https://theprint.in/politics/pride-of-kunda-or-gunda-why-6-term-mla-raja-bhaiya-is-still-a-political-force-in-up/858227/ |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref> He won the election and became a cabinet minister under the Chief Ministership of Mulayam Singh Yadav. Later he changed gears and joined BJP to contest 2004 general elections.<ref>{{Cite web |title=General Elections 2004 - Partywise Comparision for 5-Sambhal Constituency of UTTAR PRADESH |url=https://affidavitarchive.eci.nic.in/Affidavit/archive/GE2004/pollupd/pc/states/s24/partycomp05.htm |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=affidavitarchive.eci.nic.in}}</ref> BJP fielded him from the Sambhal constituency of Uttar Pradesh. He won the election and became a member of the Parliament of India.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-10 |title=Uttarakhand high court acquits former MP DP Yadav in 1992 murder case |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/uttarakhand-high-court-acquits-former-mp-dp-yadav-in-1992-murder-case-101636539502383.html |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>

In 2007, he formed the party [[Rashtriya Parivartan Dal]], and two members were elected to the state legislature — himself from Sahaswan, and his wife Umlesh Yadav from Bisauli.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-10 |title=Uttarakhand high court acquits former MP DP Yadav in 1992 murder case |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/uttarakhand-high-court-acquits-former-mp-dp-yadav-in-1992-murder-case-101636539502383.html |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life==
D.P. Yadav comes from a farming family from Sarfabad village near Sector-73, [[Noida]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. A son of farmer Tejpal Yadav who ran a dairy in Jagdish Nagar.<ref name="tehelka.com" />

His wife Umlesh Yadav was also an MLA from Uttar Pradesh but was disqualified by the [[Election Commission of India]] in October 2011 for not declaring election expenses.{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}} His nephew, Jitendra Yadav, is MLC from Uttar Pradesh. He used to live in Vasant Vihar farm house.{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}}

His family's declared assets of Rs. 26 crore  makes them one of the richest political families in Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/at-rs-26-cr-d-p-yadav-could-be-ups-richest/27094/ |title=At Rs 26 cr, D P Yadav could be UP's richest political family |work=Indian Express|date=31 March 2007 |access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref> These are only his declared assets – his fortune is estimated to be well over Rs. 500 crores.<ref name="tehelka.com">{{cite news |url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main23.asp?filename=Ne121606_I_am_CS.asp |title=I am DP, Don |first=Vineet |last=Khare |publisher=Tehelka |date=16 December 2006 |access-date=21 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716203303/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main23.asp?filename=Ne121606_I_am_CS.asp |archive-date=16 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Criminal activities==
Yadav became a bootlegger and entered the illegal country liquor trade as a protégé of ex-MLA of Dadri [[Mahendra Singh Bhati]] in the late 1970s. Bhati was then the Block Pramukh (village council chief) in [[Ghaziabad, India|Ghaziabad]]. The first criminal charge against Yadav was registered in 1979 in the Kavi Nagar police station of [[Ghaziabad]].<ref name=rediff>
{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2004/feb/24yadav1.htm|title=Who is D P Yadav? A Dossier|first=Sharat |last=Pradhan |access-date=19 October 2006
|date=25 February 2004|work = Rediff.com}}</ref>

He has been charged in nine murder cases,<ref name=indexp04>[http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/41798/ When history sheet covered saffron carpet]</ref> three cases of attempted murder, two cases of [[dacoity]], many cases of kidnapping for extortion, as well as various crimes under the Excise Act, Gangsters' Act, and even the [[Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act]]. The cases were filed in the districts of Ghaziabad, [[Modinagar]], [[Bulandshahr]], [[Moradabad]], [[Badayun]], in western Uttar Pradesh, and in [[Jind]] and [[Sirsa district|Sirsa]] districts in [[Haryana]].
In one of the cases filed against him in Haryana in the early 1990s, illicit liquor supplied by him was responsible for the death of 350 people.<ref name=asiatimes>{{cite web|url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/FB28Df04.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040319100555/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/FB28Df04.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=19 March 2004|title=India: The crime of politics|first=Sudha |last=Ramachandran |access-date=19 October 2006|date=28 February 2004|work = Asia Times}} Illicit liquor supplied by Yadav was responsible for the death of around 350 persons who consumed it.</ref><ref name=rediff/>

During the BJP regime of chief minister [[Kalyan Singh]], he was arrested under the [[National Security Act (India)|National Security Act]]. In 1992 he was accused by the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] of murdering his erstwhile mentor, Bhati, who was at the time MLA for [[Dadri]].<ref name=indexp04/>

In March 2015, DP Yadav was sentenced to life in the Mahendra Bhati murder case<ref>{{cite news|title=Former MP DP Yadav sentenced to life imprisonment|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Former-MP-DP-Yadav-sentenced-to-life-imprisonment/articleshow/46515203.cms|date=11 March 2015|publisher=Times of India}}</ref> and was imprisoned in Dehradun jail.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/dehradun/23-years-after-bhatis-death-dp-yadav-gets-life-term.html|title=23 years after Bhati's death, DP Yadav gets life term|last1=Singh|first1=S.P.|last2=Manoj |first2=Kumar|date=11 March 2015|work=Daily Pioneer|access-date=21 October 2016}}</ref> On 10 November 2021, [[Uttarakhand High Court]] acquitted former him due to lack of evidence in the murder of former MLA Mahendra Bhati.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/uttarakhand-high-court-acquits-former-mp-dp-yadav-in-1992-murder-case-101636539502383.html|title=Uttarakhand high court acquits former MP DP Yadav in 1992 murder case|date=10 November 2021}}</ref>

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