Updated On: 30 May, 2023 05:47 PM IST | Lucknow | mid-day online correspondent
Yadav surrendered before an MP-MLA court last year in connection with a 24-year-old case related to election violence and is currently in jail

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Former MP and Samajwadi Party MLA Ramakant Yadav has been sentenced to four months in prison by a court in a 2019 assault case. The MP-MLA court also imposed a fine of Rs 7,000 on Yadav, a prominent Uttar Pradesh politician who has served as an MP four times from the Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituency. Yadav has been associated with various political parties in the past, including the Bahujan Samaj Party, BJP, and Congress.
Yadav surrendered before an MP-MLA court last year in connection with a 24-year-old case related to election violence and is currently in jail.