Yogendra Yadav: News
Yogendra Yadav is a psephologist, academic, social activist, and politician. He is the National President of Swaraj India. Yadav did his BA from SGN Khalsa College, University of Rajasthan, and obtained an MA in Political Science from JNU, Delhi. He completed his MPhil in Political Science from Panjab University and started teaching the subject as a professor. Yadav later worked as a psephologist, conducting comprehensive elections studies and surveys across India. He has been a senior fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) and regularly appears on television news channels as a political analyst. Between 2005 and 2012, Yadav was an advisor for Political Science at NCERT and oversaw the writing of new Political Science textbooks for Classes IX to XII. He was a member of the National Advisory Council (NAC), looking after the implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act. Yadav was a senior leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) since 2012 but was expelled in 2015. The same year, he, along with Prashant Bhushan and others, founded a political organization called Swaraj Abhiyan, which later launched the Swaraj India political party in 2016.
11 Nov 2024
Air IndiaYogendra Yadav's 'very sad experience' with Air India; airline responds
Swaraj Abhiyan founder Yogendra Yadav has recounted his "very sad experience" with Air India while boarding a flight to Kathmandu.
Yogendra Yadav requests NCERT to remove his name from textbooks
The National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Friday said in a circular that "individual authorship" cannot be claimed for its textbooks.
14 Dec 2022
Raghuram RajanRajasthan: Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan joins Bharat Jodo Yatra
Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan joined the Congress Party's Bharat Jodo Yatra (BJY) led by Rahul Gandhi, which is now traveling across Rajasthan.
02 Feb 2021
Farmers ProtestFarmers plan to block roads across the nation on Saturday
Agitating Farmers have announced that they will block state and national highways for three hours on February 6, Saturday, to lodge protest against three farm laws, suspension of internet services in select areas, as well as the Union Budget presented yesterday.
29 Jan 2021
Delhi PoliceConspiracy hatched in September: Delhi Police in R-Day violence FIR
A conspiracy to storm Delhi was hatched in September after the central government passed new agricultural laws, the Delhi Police has said in one of the 33 FIRs lodged in connection with the Republic Day violence earlier this week.
28 Jan 2021
Delhi PoliceR-Day rally: 20 farmer leaders served notices by Delhi Police
Two days after a farmers' protest rally took a violent turn, the Delhi Police has issued notices to at least 20 farmer leaders for defying an agreement regarding the rally.
27 Jan 2021
Delhi PoliceR-Day violence: Rakesh Tikait and Yogendra Yadav named in FIRs
Bharatiya Kisan Union's Rakesh Tikait and Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav are among the at least ten farmers' leaders named in 22 cases filed by the Delhi Police in connection to Republic Day's violence.
24 Dec 2020
Narendra ModiProtesting farmers are 'open to talks' but want concrete proposal
Farmers, protesting at the borders of Delhi for nearly a month now, have replied to the Centre saying they are not averse to talks but the government should come up with a concrete proposal.
05 Jan 2020
Delhi Police#JNUViolence: Masked miscreants attack JNU students, teachers; 20 injured
The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) of Delhi witnessed massive violence on Sunday evening when a group of masked miscreants barged into the campus and attacked students and teachers.
26 Oct 2018
Farmers ProtestFed up of Center's apathetic-attitude, farmers plan march to Delhi
An umbrella body of 260 Farmers organizations will hold a 'Kisan March' to Delhi next month to protest against the central government's "apathetic attitude" in solving problems of their community, leaders of a farmers' committee said yesterday.
08 Sep 2018
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)Tamil Nadu: Yogendra Yadav detained, claims he was manhandled
Former Aam Aadmi Party leader and Swaraj Abhiyan chief, Yogendra Yadav was detained in Tamil Nadu today. He was to join the farmers' protest against the eight-lane Salem-Chennai Expressway.
14 Jul 2018
Nirav Modi50 wealthy Indians under I-T scanner for buying Modi's jewellery
The Income Tax department has decided to reassess the income tax returns of over 50 high net-worth individuals (HNIs) who purchased jewellery from firms owned by the absconding Nirav Modi.
11 Jul 2018
XI-T raids at sisters' hospital to silence me: Yogendra Yadav
Swaraj India leader Yogendra Yadav alleged that an income-tax raid was conducted at his sisters' hospital premises in Haryana's Rewari with an intent to "intimidate" and "silence" him as he launched an agitation for fair crop price for farmers.
04 Jun 2018
Delhi PoliceDelhi Police files charge-sheet against Manish Sisodia, Yogendra Yadav
Delhi Police today filed a charge-sheet in a court against Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, former AAP leader Yogendra Yadav, and others in a 2014 protest case.
09 Jan 2018
IndiaAAP's journey: From common man's party to just another party
Mahatma Gandhi's non-violent and truth-inspired Satyagraha freed us from the Britishers. About 60 years later, a similar non-violent pan-India movement tried liberating us of corruption.
04 Dec 2017
Prashant BhushanKumar Vishwas v/s AAP: Discusses AAP 2.0 with ousted leaders
AAP leader, Kumar Vishwas once again made statements suggesting that all wasn't well between him and the party.
23 Apr 2017
DelhiDelhi MCD 2017 Elections commence
The elections for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi began today.
