Ajay Singh Yadav

Captain Ajay Singh Yadav is a former Indian National Congress politician from the state of Haryana, India. In 2008 he was appointed as Minister of Power, Forests and Environment and was formerly minister of Irrigation, Revenue and Elections^[1] for that state.^[2] In February 2022, he was appointed the National Chairman of Other Backward Class department of the All India Congress Committee.^[3]

Ajay Singh Yadav was born on 2 November 1958 in a Yadav family at Saharanwas village, Rewari district, Haryana. His father was Rao Abhey Singh, who had also been a Member of the Legislative Assembly in Haryana. He was educated at various places including Jaipur, Chandigarh, New Delhi and Rewari, graduating with the degrees of BSc and LL.B. Singh became second lieutenant in the Indian Army on 7 June 1980, and resigned seven years later on 26 June 1987 as captain.^[2] After his military service, Singh pursued a political career in Rewari district.

1991 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Rewari

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ajay Singh Yadav	33,922	52.78%	29.36
	HVP	Rajinder Singh	8,098	12.60%	New
	BJP	Shiv Rattan Singh	7,463	11.61%	New
	Independent	Inderpal	5,092	7.92%	New
	Sarvajati Janta Panchayat	Mittar Sain	4,198	6.53%	New
	LKD	Jaggan Singh	1,758	2.74%	52.64
	Independent	Jai Singh	931	1.45%	New
	Jawan Kisan Mazdur Party	Chiranji S/O Mam Chand	655	1.02%	New
	Doordarshi Party	Lal Chand	432	0.67%	New
	Independent	Joginder	367	0.57%	New
Margin of victory			25,824	40.18%	8.23
Turnout			64,269	59.98%	12.01
Registered electors			1,11,081		11.06
	INC gain from LKD		Swing	2.59

1996 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Rewari

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ajay Singh Yadav	22,099	26.70%	26.08
	Independent	Randhir Singh Kapriwas	20,332	24.56%	New
	BJP	Sharda	18,566	22.43%	10.82
	BSP	Ishwar Yadav	7,362	8.89%	New
	SP	Master Brinder Singh	5,943	7.18%	New
	Samata Party	Sunil Rao	2,705	3.27%	New
	Independent	Shri Ram Sambharya	2,004	2.42%	New
	AIIC(T)	K . R. Khurana	1,262	1.52%	New
	Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh	Jagdish Sharma	472	0.57%	New
Margin of victory			1,767	2.13%	38.05
Turnout			82,779	65.55%	4.69
Registered electors			1,32,344		19.14
	INC hold		Swing	26.08

2000 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Rewari

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ajay Singh Yadav	26,036	28.96%	2.27
	Independent	Vijay Somani	21,112	23.49%	New
	Independent	Randhir Singh Kapriwas	20,016	22.27%	New
	Independent	Rajender Singh	10,167	11.31%	New
	BJP	Shiv Rattan Singh	9,006	10.02%	12.41
	Independent	Hirdey Ram	1,266	1.41%	New
	Independent	Ashok Gulati	624	0.69%	New
	HVP	Sheo Lal	542	0.60%	New
	Independent	Radhey Shyam	536	0.60%	New
Margin of victory			4,924	5.48%	3.34
Turnout			89,890	66.90%	4.33
Registered electors			1,34,414		1.56
	INC hold		Swing	2.27

2005 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Rewari^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ajay Singh Yadav	48,924	44.72%	15.75
	BJP	Randhir Singh Kapriwas	36,145	33.04%	23.02
	Independent	Vijay Somany	12,140	11.10%	New
	INLD	Thekedar Rajinder Singh	5,840	5.34%	New
	BSP	Manjeet	3,003	2.74%	New
	Independent	Sudesh	969	0.89%	New
	Independent	Rohtash	574	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			12,779	11.68%	6.20
Turnout			1,09,404	73.77%	6.89
Registered electors			1,48,312		10.34
	INC hold		Swing	15.75

2014 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Rewari^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Randhir Singh Kapriwas	81,103	52.92%	32.66
	INLD	Satish Yadav	35,637	23.25%	20.57
	INC	Ajay Singh Yadav	31,471	20.53%	19.78
	BSP	Pritam Kumar	1,312	0.86%	4.47
	HJC(BL)	Raghu Yadav	935	0.61%	0.36
	Independent	Vijay Somany	784	0.51%	New
Margin of victory			45,466	29.66%	18.63
Turnout			1,53,268	75.18%	2.49
Registered electors			2,03,862		23.04
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	12.60

2009 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Rewari

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ajay Singh Yadav	48,557	40.31%	4.40
	Independent	Satish S/O Roshan Lal	35,269	29.28%	New
	BJP	Randhir Singh Kapriwas	24,396	20.25%	12.78
	BSP	Vijay Somany	6,418	5.33%	2.58
	INLD	Anil Kumar	3,225	2.68%	2.66
	HJC(BL)	Rajinder Singh	1,164	0.97%	New
Margin of victory			13,288	11.03%	0.65
Turnout			1,20,446	72.69%	1.07
Registered electors			1,65,691		11.72
	INC hold		Swing	4.40

Singh was a Member of the Legislative Assembly in Haryana for six consecutive terms, totalling 25 years.^[2]

He held the following offices:^[2]

• Member, A.I.C.C.
• Member, P.C.C.
• Deputy Leader Congress Legislative Party
• President D.C.C., Rewari
• Secretary, Haryana State Kisan Congress
• Minister for Jails, for Printing & Stationery, for Social Welfare and Women as well as for Child Development
• Officiated C.L.P. Leader in Haryana
• Deputy Leader C.L.P. in Haryana
• AICC State Observer for Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh during Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
• Finance, Irrigation & PWD Minister.
• National Chairman, A.I.C.C. O.B.C. (present)

He has been a Member of Legislative Assembly. On 29 July 2014, Singh resigned from his post and submitted his resignation letter to Bhupinder Singh Hooda. However, Singh has not resigned from the party.^[6]

Yadav and his sister, Justice Nirmal Yadav of Punjab and Haryana High Court, were accused of influencing a land deal in Solan, Himachal Pradesh in 2008 by putting undue pressure on Panchkula Tehsildar Satish Kumar to issue residence certificate without proper documents.^[7] Official inquiries supported claims of impropriety, which Yadav denied.^[8]