Uday Barbariya Yadav

Uday Kumar Barbariya Yadav
उदय कुमार बरबरिया यादव
Barbariya in 2025
Mayor of Shahidnagar Municipality
In office
22 May 2017 – 22 May 2022
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byDinesh Prasad Yadav
Personal details
Born (1993-05-25) 25 May 1993
Batrahi, Shahidnagar Municipality, Dhanusha District, Nepal
PartyCommunist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)
Other political
affiliations		Nepal Communist Party (2018–2021)
SpousePreeti Yadav
Parent(s)Jog Kumar Barbariya Yadav (father)
Shibodevi Yadav (mother)
Residence(s)Shahidnagar Municipality, Dhanusha District
EducationBachelor's degree in civil engineering
OccupationPolitician, civil engineer

Uday Kumar Barbariya Yadav (Nepali: उदय कुमार बरबरिया यादव; born 25 May 1993) is a Nepalese politician and civil engineer who served as the first elected mayor of Shahidnagar Municipality in Dhanusha District, Madhesh Province, from 2017 to 2022. Elected at the age of 24 in the 2017 Nepalese local elections, he became one of the youngest mayors in Nepal.[1][2][3][4]

Early life and education

Yadav was born on 25 May 1993 in Batrahi village (now part of Shahidnagar Municipality). He is the eldest son of local Maoist leader Jog Kumar Barbariya Yadav and Shibodevi Yadav.[1][4] He holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering.[1]

Political career

Yadav began his political journey through the youth wing of the CPN (Maoist Centre).[1] In the 2017 Nepalese local elections, he won the mayoral seat of the newly formed Shahidnagar Municipality with 5,091 votes.[5][6]

During his tenure, he focused on road blacktopping, restarting a stalled hospital project, education reform, and social inclusion.[1][7] In 2019, he cracked down on unauthorised private schools, stating “no compromise on education”.[2][8] He participated in the Kamala River revival campaign in 2019.[8]

In 2020, he publicly opposed his party’s Citizenship Bill provision requiring a 7-year wait for foreign brides, citing harm to Madhesi sentiments.[9] During intra-party disputes, he was active in anti-Oli faction rallies in Province 2.[10][11]

He contested the 2022 Nepalese local elections but finished third with 4,077 votes; the seat was won by Dinesh Prasad Yadav of the Janata Samajbadi Party (5,743 votes).[12][13][14]

Post-tenure, he has remained active in local politics, including farmer advocacy against fertilizer smuggling at borders and mosquito control criticisms.[15][16][17]

Controversies

In March 2018, he suspended a school principal over alleged financial irregularities, triggering a dispute with the Chief District Officer who overturned the decision.[18]

In April 2020, municipal officials under his administration were accused of detaining journalists investigating COVID-19 quarantine conditions, though involvement was denied.[19][15]

On 4 February 2021, during anti-Oli protests in Janakpur, he sustained serious head injuries in a police clash and was airlifted to Kathmandu.[20][16][21][17]

The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) filed two corruption cases against him; he was acquitted in both:

  • 2017–18 road project (NPR 212,816 alleged loss) – acquitted 2023; CIAA appealed 2024.[22][23][24][25][26]
  • 2020–21 sanitary pad procurement – acquitted 2024.[27]

A satirical article in 2021 humorously critiqued his political style during Holi festivities.[28]

Personal life

Yadav is married to Preeti Yadav and remains active in Madhesh Province politics.[1][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Young mayor busy impressing voters". MyRepublica. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  2. ^ a b "नेपालकै कान्छो मेयर उदय बरबरिया फेरी एक्सनमा". eNews Bureau (in Nepali). 18 April 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  3. ^ "नेतृत्व लिन युवा अग्रसर". Kantipur (in Nepali). 2 April 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  4. ^ a b c "माओवादीबाट शहिदनगरमा निवर्तमान कान्छो मेयर उदय बरबरिया र रेखा मण्डलको मनोनयन दर्ता". NepalVani (in Nepali). 25 April 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  5. ^ "Maoist Center wins in Sahidnagar". MyRepublica. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  6. ^ "मधेश प्रदेश : दोहोर्‍याएर उठेकाहरु प्रारम्भिक नतिजामा पछि". OnlineKhabar (in Nepali). 16 May 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  7. ^ U.S. Embassy Nepal (21 April 2018). "Udaya Barbariya (Yadav) from Sahidnagar Municipality". Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  8. ^ a b "विस्थापन व विश्वयुद्ध से बचाव हेतु विश्वशांति जल-साक्षरता यात्रा : नेपाल". India Water Portal (in Hindi). 30 January 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  9. ^ "नेकपाका युवा नेता तथा मेयर बरबरियाले पनि गरे नागरिकता बिद्ययेकको विरोध". SP Khabar (in Nepali). 23 July 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  10. ^ "प्रदेश २ मा जिल्लास्तरमै ओलीविरुद्ध प्रचण्ड–नेपाल समूहको कार्यकर्ता भेला". Ratopati (in Nepali). 27 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  11. ^ "ओलीलाई सुरुमै कारवाही गरेको भए देशमा यो अवस्था आउने थिएन". Ratopati (in Nepali). 10 February 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  12. ^ "JSP's Dinesh Prasad Yadav new Mayor". Nepal Press. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  13. ^ "धनुषाको सहिदनगरमा उदय अस्त, दिनेश विजयी". Nagarik (in Nepali). 18 May 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  14. ^ "धनुषामा नौं पालिकाका प्रमुख फेरिए भने दुई पुनः दोहोरिए". Nagarik (in Nepali). 19 May 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  15. ^ a b "शहिदनगरमा काँग्रेस नेताहरुले छर्किए लामखुट्टे मार्ने औषधी". E Janakpur Today (in Nepali). 2 April 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  16. ^ a b "जनकपुरमा प्रहरीसँगको झडपमा पूर्वमन्त्री झा र यादव घाइते". Drishti Sanchar (in Nepali). 4 February 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  17. ^ a b "Nation-wide Impacts of General Strike: 135 Arrested". INSEC Online. 10 December 2025. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  18. ^ "CDO, mayor clash over school principal suspension". MyRepublica. 2 March 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  19. ^ "Nepali reporters detained, threatened while reporting on COVID-19 pandemic". Committee to Protect Journalists. 13 May 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  20. ^ "जनकपुर झडपमा मातृका, उदय बरबरिया लगायत घाइते". Kantipur (in Nepali). 4 February 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  21. ^ Nepal Human Rights Year Book 2022 (PDF). INSEC. 2022. p. 190. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  22. ^ "जिल्ला धनुषा, शहिदनगर नगरपालिकाका तत्कालीन नगर प्रमुख उदय कुमार बरबरिया यादव... उपर गैरकानूनी लाभ तथा हानी पुर्‍याई भ्रष्टाचार गरेको" (in Nepali). CIAA. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  23. ^ "भ्रष्टाचार मुद्दामा सफाइ, अख्तियार सर्वोच्चमा" (in Nepali). CIAA. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  24. ^ "भ्रष्टाचार मुद्दामा पूर्व मेयर सहित १२ जनाले पाए सफाइ". Nagarik (in Nepali). 1 March 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  25. ^ "शहीदनगर नगरपालिकाका तत्कालीन नगरप्रमुखलगायत माथिको फैसलाविरुद्ध अख्तियार सर्वोच्च पुग्यो". Nepal Khabar (in Nepali). 5 January 2025. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  26. ^ "भ्रष्टाचार गरेको आरोपमा वडाध्यक्ष निलम्बित". Nagarik (in Nepali). 7 February 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  27. ^ "स्यानिटरी प्याड खरिद अनियमिततामा मेयर उदयलाई सफाइ". NepalVani (in Nepali). 1 July 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  28. ^ "बुरा न मानो होली है (मानपदवी)". Lok Pukar (in Nepali). 28 March 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
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