Sunil Singh Yadav

Early life and education

He hails from Bachuwa Kheda Hilaluli village in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh. He is MA and LLB from Lucknow University, Lucknow.

Political career

He joined Samajwadi Party on 1 October 1998. And now he is Member of Legislative Council (MLC) from Lucknow-Unnao seat. Sunil presents his party as spokesperson also.

Sunil contested his first election as student leader and was elected Vice President of KKV College, Lucknow University on April 20, 1999 and later on November 9, 2004 He was elected as President of KKC College, Lucknow University.

Later, he was elected as State President of Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha (Student wing of Samajwadi Party) on April 26, 2005. He was elected as National President of Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha on December 10, 2010.

Sunil Singh Yadav was part of a delegation as National President of Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha which visited China on September 20, 2011. This delegation had 500 government officials, heads of other youth organizations, social workers, entrepreneurs, college students and rural youth representatives. During the 10-day stay, this delegation participated in cultural exchange activities with young Chinese people and visited to companies, communities, universities and rural areas of People's Republic of China.

He as the eyes and ears of CM Akhilesh Yadav. He is a former president of the city's Jai Narain Degree College Student's Union. Sunil was the architect of the first agitation by the SP against the current Bahujan Samaj Party government, on January 8, 2008, when it sought restoration of the students' union and opposed fee hike. When he was beaten up by the police and jailed for 19 days, Akhilesh sat on his first Dharna, outside the SSP Lucknow's office.

Sunil Yadav's position was cemented as police continued to crack down on SP men. While Leader of the Opposition Shivpal Singh Yadav was slapped by a policeman, an SP worker lost his life in police firing. Another committed self-immolation at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.

By the time Mulayam Singh Yadav had withdrawn the agitation, Sunil Singh was a known name in the party. Currently national president of the SP's students' wing, Sunil again shot into news when he was pinned down by Lucknow DIG D K Thakur during an SP agitation against price rise in Lucknow on April 9, 2011. He broke his hand and was sent to prison.

On 21 May 2013, He was made state minister of dairy And milk in UP CM Akhilesh Yadav's cabinet.

On April 27, 2014 UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav sent his point man Sunil Singh Sajan to lead a team of 50 party volunteers with the relief material from the state for the needy people in quake hit Kathmandu. This relief team consisted Members from SP’s all four youth wings – Samajwadi Yuvjan Sabha, Lohia Vahini, Samajwadi Chatra Sabha and Mulayam Singh Youth.