Upendra Yadav


Upendra Yadav is a Nepalese politician serving as the of Nepal. He was deputy prime minister but recently became Law minister of Nepal. He is also chairman of the central committee of the Samajbadi Party, Nepal.
He is one of the most renowned politicians in Nepalese politics. He and his party has been fighting against political elites and ruling class of Nepal demanding proportional representation, equality and end of discrimination towards the Madhesi and indigenous Janjati and Adivasi people such as Maithali, Tharu, Rai, Limbu, Magar, Tamang including Women and politically oppressed ethnic groups.
Following the April 2008 Constituent Assembly election, the MJF agreed to join a government headed by Prachanda, the chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal. Yadav was subsequently appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs and sworn in on 22 August 2008; he was one of four MJF members included in the Cabinet.