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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Devendra Singh Yadav<br />
| office = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of [[Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| constituency = [[Bhilai Nagar Assembly constituency|Bhilai Nagar]]<br />
| term_start = 11 December 2018<br />
| predecessor = [[Prem Prakash Pandey]]<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1990}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Devendra Singh Yadav''' (born 1990) is an [[Indian National Congress]] politician and member of [[Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly]] since 2018, elected twice from [[Bhilai Nagar Assembly constituency|Bhilai Nagar]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Devendra Singh Yadav(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- BHILAI NAGAR(DURG) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://myneta.info/chhattisgarh2018/candidate.php?candidate_id=1828 |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=myneta.info}}</ref> In the [[2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2023 election]], when the Congress faced in rout in urban areas, he was the sole MLA to be re-elected from an urban constituency.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sikdar |first=Shubhomoy |date=2024-03-26 |title=In its seventh list, Congress announces four candidates for Chhattisgarh |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha/in-its-seventh-list-congress-announces-four-candidates-for-chhattisgarh/article67995848.ece |access-date=2024-04-15 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He was also a national secretary of the [[National Students' Union of India]] and was the youngest mayor of [[Bhilai]], elected at the [[Bhilai Municipal Corporation]] in 2016.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}<br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Yadav hails from Bhilai Nagar. He did his schooling at Bhilai Nair Samajam, Bhilai. After his school, he went to Bhopal to pursue training as a pilot but came back to Bhilai and entered politics after a call from a student leader of Rungta Engineering College asking students to enter politics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DY- about |url=https://devendrayadav.in/about |access-date=2024-04-14 |website=devendrayadav.in}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Yadav began his political journey as the president of the district unit [[National Students Union of India]], the student wing of the Indian National Congress party. He went on to become the Chhattisgarh state president and the National secretary of NSUI in 2016. In 2016, he also became the mayor of [[Bhilai Municipal Corporation]], one of the youngest leaders to get elected to the post. In 2018, he was elected as MLA for the first time from Bhilai Nagar and he was re-elected in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-10 |title=Candidates Detail: Devendra Yadav |url=https://www.business-standard.com/elections/chhattisgarh-elections/devendra-yadav-candidate-22815 |access-date=2024-04-14 |website=www.business-standard.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Devendra Yadav Election Result 2023 LIVE: Bhilai Nagar Result Tally Updates |url=https://www.news18.com/elections/chhattisgarh/devendra-yadav-assembly-candidate-s26aed2008a065e2023c002/ |access-date=2024-04-14 |website=www.news18.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* [https://devendrayadav.in/about Personal website]<br />
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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Chhattisgarh]]<br />
[[Category:Chhattisgarh MLAs 2018–2023]]<br />
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[[Category:1990 births]]</div>Gstnit