Sudhir Yadav

Sudhir Yadav
State Spokesperson, Aam Aadmi Party
Constituency Badshahpur
Assumed office
August 2015
Personal details
Born (1990-12-15) 15 December 1990
Gurugram district, Haryana, India
Nationality Indian
Political party Aam Aadmi Party
Residence Farrukhnagar, Gurgaon
Occupation Activist, politician
Website https://sudhiryadav.in

Sudhir Yadav is an Indian politician of the state of Haryana, India, a web developer, and an RTI (Right to Information) activist in the government work. He has filed several Public Interest Litigation (PILs) in the Supreme Court and High Court of India. He serves as State Spokesperson for the Aam Aadmi Party.

Education

Yadav attended Government Post Graduate College (Gurugram), where he received his master's degree in Computer application.

Social Activism

Yadav is an RTI and social activist.[1] Through RTI, he exposed a school that called itself Delhi Public School (DPS) in Farrukhnagar. The school was not affiliated to the Delhi Public School (DPS) Society and was ordered shut.[2][3]

Yadav filed 3 PILs in the Supreme Court of India against the government of India. The first was against making Aadhaar card mandatory for availing digital locker facility.[4] The second was to oblige government officials, representatives of people and judiciary and those serving in the local bodies to send their children to government schools.[5] The third was to urge the Indian government to ban WhatsApp[6][7] and other messaging services that have end-to-end encryption[8][9][10], and thus providing the Indian government with no means to access these messages.[11][12][13]

Yadav also filed several PILs in Haryana and Panjab High Court over state government making Aadhaar card mandatory for school admission.

As Spokesperson

Yadav was appointed as State Spokesperson for the Aam Aadmi Party in 2014, which is the main political party in the state of Haryana. His announcements include announcing Naveen Jaihind, chief Minister Candidate of Aam Aadmi Party in Haryana.[14][15][16]

Personal life

Yadav belongs to a middle-class family. His father is an ex-army veteran. He is currently living in Farrukhnagar, Gurgaon, Haryana.

References

  1. ↑ "SC dismisses PIL seeking ban on WhatsApp, other messaging apps". Zee News. 2016-06-29. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  2. ↑ "Two Gurgaon schools accused of misusing 'DPS' name, get notices". The Indian Express. 2015-08-12. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  3. ↑ IANS (2015-08-18). "'Fake' DPS school ordered shut in Gurgaon". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  4. ↑ Correspondent, Legal (2015-09-29). "SC dismisses PIL on digital locker". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  5. ↑ "Make all public servants' children go to Government schools: RTI activist's plea in SC". Live Law. 2015-08-25. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  6. ↑ "Supreme Court to hear plea to ban WhatsApp - Firstpost". www.firstpost.com. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  7. ↑ "Supreme Court to hear plea to ban WhatsApp next Wednesday". India Today. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  8. ↑ "Supreme Court to Hear Plea to Ban WhatsApp". NDTV Gadgets360.com. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  9. ↑ Jain, Mayank. "Meet the man who's addicted to WhatsApp – but moved the Supreme Court to have it banned". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  10. ↑ "Supreme Court Rejects Petition to Ban WhatsApp". News18. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  11. ↑ "WhatsApp Aiding Terrorists, Ban It, Supreme Court Told". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  12. ↑ (www.dw.com), Deutsche Welle. "Is WhatsApp a threat to India's security? | DW | 29.06.2016". DW.COM. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  13. ↑ "Supreme Court dismisses petition seeking ban on WhatsApp". The Economic Times. 2016-06-29. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  14. ↑ "AAP says its leader Naveen Jaihind will be party's CM candidate in 2019 Haryana elections - Firstpost". www.firstpost.com. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  15. ↑ "AAP declares Naveen Jaihind as Haryana CM candidate". The Indian Express. 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  16. ↑ "Naveen Jaihind to be Aam Aadmi Party's chief ministerial candidate in 2019 Haryana elections | India News". Retrieved 2018-10-13.

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