Pappu Yadav - Life

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Pappu Yadav was born some time in 1961 or 1962 to a farming family in Khurda Karveli, Madhepura district. He is considered as a local robinhood amongst his village men as he helped them in getting cured by doctor for free of cost even he settled the electricity problem in his constituency after winning first assembly election.

Initially a small-time criminal, he moved up the crime ladder along with his role in politics. By the late 1990s, he was a well-established mafia don, muscling his way around Bihar and across India.

He was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Singheshwar, Madhepura in 1990 as an independent candidate, and in 1991 he contested and won through to the 10th Lok Sabha from Purnia. He served four Lok Sabha terms, and asked one question on agriculture. He was at various times a member of Lalu Prasad Yadav's RJD, the Samajwadi Party, and the Lok Janshakti Party.

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