State president of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) Manish Yadav, who has been fielded from the Badshahpur Assembly seat, has set his priorities for the upcoming Haryana Assembly elections. An MBA degree from an American university, Yadav joined the BJP in 2009 and since then he has been working for the party. He is seeking votes on development.
Son of a social worker Ramanand Pradhan of Sikenderpur Ghosi village, Yadav pipped sitting PWD Minister Rao Narbir Singh to the post and was given party ticket from this high profile seat.
The BJP on Monday had sprung a surprise in the distribution of tickets for the Assembly polls, by ignoring sitting Badshahpur MLA and PWD Minister Rao Narbir Singh and instead gave ticket to Manish Yadav. "It was not a surprise for me as Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khatter and senior party leaders, party workers gave me ticket from this seat. I hope sitting Badshahpur MLA and PWD Minister Rao Narbir Singh will support me in this election," Yadav said. Yadav had actively participated in party's every event in the past which including Maha Sangram rally in 2011, Himachal Pradesh election campaign in 2012, Swami Vivekanand Sandesh Yatra in 2013 and many others.
In 2013 Yadav was selected as General Secretary of BJYM and worked for the party candidate during Lok Sabha elections of 2014 and 2019.
"Badshahpur constituency is a cosmopolitan seat and I along with party workers have visited around 84 villages. PWD minister Rao Narbir Singh and Haryana Government have worked extensively on developing infrastructure, water harvesting, plantation drive, public health and education need to be done in the region," Yadav told The Pioneer.
Yadav said the work on the Metro project which comes under Badshahpur constituency needs to be completed on a priority basis. " Providing basic facilities to the residents of new developing sectors located on Dwarka Expressway is my priority," , he added.
"I have worked hard in the organisation and I was given a party ticket because of the support of the party workers and people of Badshahpur. I would like to continue working 24x7 for the welfare and uplift of the constituency and its people," he said.