Pappu Yadav Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Real Name	Rajesh Ranjan
Profession	Politician
Physical Stats & More
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Salt and Pepper
Politics
Political Party	Indian National Congress (2024- Present) Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik) (2015 – present) Rashtriya Janata Dal (1991 - 2015)
Political Journey	• 1990: Elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly as an independent candidate from the Singheshwar, Madhepura constituency • 1991: Elected as a member of parliament from the Purnia constituency in Bihar in the By-poll elections as a Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate • 1996: Re-elected as a member of parliament from the Purnia constituency in Bihar as a Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate • 1999: Elected as an MP from the Purnia district as a Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate • 2004: Contested and won the by-poll Indian General Elections from the Purnia district as a Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate • 2014: Contested and won the Indian General Elections from the Purnia district as a Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate • 2024: Contested and won the Indian General Elections from the Purnia district as a Jan Adhikar candidate
Personal Life
Date of Birth	24 December 1967 (Sunday)
Age (as of 2024)	57 Years
Birthplace	Purnia, Bihar
Zodiac sign	Capricorn
Signature
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Purnia, Bihar
School	Anand Marg School at Anand Palli, Supaul
College/University	• B.N. Mandal University, Madhepura • Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi
Educational Qualification(s)	• Graduation in Political Science from B.N. Mandal University, Madhepura • A diploma in Disaster Management and Human Rights from Indira Gandhi National Open University
Religion	Hinduism
Address	Ranjan Niketan, Court Station Road, Purnia, PO-Purnia, Thana-K.Hat, District-Purnia, Bihar
Controversies	• Accused of threatning an air hostess In July 2015, he was accused of misbehaving with an air hostess of a Jet Airways flight. There were also claims that he threatned to hit the air hostess with slippers. The incident occured when the politician reportedly spilled food on his laptop bag and asked the airhostess to clean it. After she refused, he allegedly threatened to hit her. [1]NDTV • Arrested for Kidnapping In May 2021, Pappu Yadav was arrested for a 32 year old kidnapping case. He was also arrested on the grounds of breaking various COVID-19 regulations. Later, he claimed that all were false accusations and it was nothing more than a political vendetta as he was exposing the ruling parties shortcomings. [2]The Times of India • Accused of extorting money In June 2024, a few days after being appointed as an MP from the Punari constituency of Bihar was accused of extorting money. As per the complaint, the MP was accused of extorting worth Rs. 1 crore from a local businessman in Bihar. According to the businessman, Yadav asked for Rs. 10 Lakh as extortion in April 2021 and later in 2023, he demanded Rs 15 lakh. He also said that Yadav also threatened him. Later, the MP refused all the accusations and claimed that it was just a tactic to defame him. [3]Jagran
Social Media	• Instagram • Facebook • Twitter
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Family
Wife/Spouse	Ranjit Ranjan
Children	Son- Sarthak Ranjan (Cricketer) Daughter- Prakriti Ranjan
Parents	Father- Chandra Narayan Yadav
Siblings	Sister- 1 (Doctor)
Style Quotient
Car Collection	Innova
Money Factor
Assets/Properties (as of 2023-2024)	Movable Assets Cash: Rs. 3,16,000 Deposits in Banks: Rs. 15,11,743 LIC or other insurance Policies: Rs. 7,91,094 Motor Vehicles: Rs. 4,00,000 Jewellery: Rs. 12,25,900 Immovable Assets Commercial Buildings: Rs. 1,35,00,000
Net Worth (approx.)	Rs. 1.6 crores (as of 2023-2024)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Pappu Yadav

• Pappu Yadav was given the name of Rajesh Ranjan at birth; however, later, his grandfather gave him the nickname Pappu.

• During his political career, he became a part of various political parties including Rashtriya Janata Dal, the Samajwadi Party, and the Lok Janshakti Party.

• In 2009, he was not permitted by the Patna High Court to contest the 2009 Indian parliamentary elections as he was convicted of murder and was expelled from the Rashtriya Janata Dal party on 11 April.

• He was expelled along with Anil Yadav and Rampravesh Rai from the Rashtriya Janata Dal party for alleged anti-party activity. They were accused of working against the party’s official nominee for the Fatua assembly constituency, Ramanand Yadav.

• In September 2020, during the Bihar Assembly Elections, Yadav forged an alliance called the People Democratic Alliance (PDA) which had various parties including the Bahujan Mukti Party, the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), the Indian Muslim League, and the party of Dalit activist and President of Bhim Army, Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan.

• In November 2013, he published his autobiography titled Drohkaal ka Pathik. In the book, he accused three MPs of the Indian Federal Democratic Party of receiving money from the then finance minister Yashwant Sinha to join the NDA in 2001. He also claimed that during the July 2008 trust vote scandal, the Indian National Congress and BJP had offered “Rs 400 million each” to MPs for support.

• According to the nominations for the 2019 Lok Sabha election affidavit from Madhepura Lok Sabha constituency, Pappu Yadav has 31 pending cases against him.

• In October 2024, gangster Lawrence Bishnoi threatened and warned Pappu Yadav to avoid getting involved in the feud between him and Salman Khan after Pappu called Lawrence a 2-bit gangster and claimed to dismantle his criminal empire if he came to power in the centre.