Pappu Yadav
Indian politician
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| 2024 | He was elected to the Lok Sabha for the sixth time, representing the Purnia constituency. |
| March 20 2024 | On this date, Pappu Yadav merged his party, Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik), with the Indian National Congress (INC). |
| November 24 2023 | Pappu Yadav was convicted under IPC Section 414 by the same special MP/MLA court in Patna. |
| April 12 2023 | Pappu Yadav was convicted under Section 147 and 353 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) by a special MP/MLA court in Patna. |
| May 2021 | Pappu Yadav was arrested in a 32-year-old kidnapping case and for violating COVID-19 norms, claiming that his arrest was politically motivated due to his criticisms of government expenditures. |
| September 2020 | In September 2020, Pappu Yadav established a new political alliance named the People Democratic Alliance, which included parties such as the Bahujan Mukti Party, Social Democratic Party of India, and Indian Union Muslim League, as well as the Azad Samaj Party led by Dalit activist Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan, in preparation for the Bihar Assembly elections. |
| June 2020 | Pappu Yadav and his supporters defaced advertisements and billboards of Chinese companies on the streets of Patna, following the Galwan clash. |
| 2019 | Pappu Yadav's wife contested the Lok Sabha election from the Congress party but lost her seat to Dileshwar Kamait. |
| 2019 | Pappu Yadav contested the Lok Sabha election from Madhepura constituency representing his own party but finished in third place behind Dinesh Chandra Yadav and Sharad Yadav. |
| 2019 | Ranjeet Ranjan, wife of Pappu Yadav, lost her bid for re-election as MP from Madhepura to the Janata Dal (United) (JDU). |
| 2015 | Pappu Yadav was involved in controversy for allegedly threatening to hit a Jet Airways airhostess with slippers. |
| 2015 | His party contested 64 seats as part of the Socialist Secular Morcha in the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election but did not win any seats. |
| 2015 | Pappu Yadav was recognized as one of the 'best performing' MPs from Bihar for his attendance and participation in debates. |
| May 7 2015 | On 7 May 2015, Pappu Yadav was expelled from the RJD due to anti-party activities, leading him to found the Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik). |
| 2014 | Pappu Yadav defeated JD(U)'s Sharad Yadav and became a Member of Parliament (MP) for the fifth time. |
| 2014 | Pappu Yadav was acquitted of murder and subsequently contested in the 2014 general elections. |
| 2014 | Yadav was elected to the Lok Sabha again, maintaining his political influence. |
| 2013 | Pappu Yadav was acquitted by the Patna High Court after his conviction in the Ajit Sarkar murder case. |
| November 2013 | Pappu Yadav released his autobiography, Drohkaal ka Pathik, in which he made allegations about financial inducements involving MPs and the then finance minister Yashwant Sinha. |
| 2010 | Pappu Yadav was expelled from the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) during the 2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election for alleged anti-party activity related to working against the party's nominee for the Fatuha Assembly constituency. |
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