What is Mahendra Yadav?
'''Mahendra Yadav''' (died July 5, 2020) was an Indian politician. He was a member of the [[Indian National Congress]]. He was an [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] from [[Delhi]]'s [[Palam (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Palam]] constituency from 1988 to 2003. He was convicted in a [[1984 anti-Sikh riots]] case<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nair |first1=Harish |title=3 sentenced to life in jail in '84 riots case |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/3-sentenced-to-life-in-jail-in-84-riots-case/story-A3Rk5QEcFURwXWiNumUJmM.html |publisher=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=May 9, 2013}}</ref> and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.<ref>{{cite news |title=Anti-Sikh riots: 2 convicts surrender |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/anti-sikh-riots-2-convicts-710696.html |publisher=[[Deccan Herald]] |date=December 13, 2018}}</ref> Yadav died on 5 July 2020 from [[COVID-19]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India|COVID-19 pandemic]]. He had tested positive for the infection on June 26, 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Delhi MLA and convict in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case dies of Covid-19 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/former-delhi-mla-and-convict-in-1984-anti-sikh-riots-case-dies-of-covid-19-6491318/ |publisher=[[Indian Express]] |date=July 5, 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Yadav, Mahendra}} [[Category:Year of birth missing]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in New Delhi]] [[Category:Politicians from New Delhi]] [[Category:Indian criminals]] {{bio-stub}}