Who is Mulayam Singh Yadav’s son Prateek Yadav and Daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav Amid Divorce Announcement?

Samajwadi Party founder and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav’s younger son, Prateek Yadav, on Monday announced on social media platform Instagram that he is planning to divorce his wife, Aparna Yadav.

In an Instagram post, Prateek alleged that Aparna had “ruined” his relationship with everyone he knows and claimed that she married him for fame and influence.

“I am going to divorce this selfish woman as soon as possible. She ruined my family ties. All she wants is to become famous and influential,” Prateek wrote on Instagram.

He further added, “Right now, I am in a very bad mental health condition, and she doesn’t bother, because she only cares about herself.”

Who is Prateek Yadav?

Prateek Yadav is the younger son of Mulayam Singh Yadav from his second wife, Sadhana Gupta, making him the stepbrother of Samajwadi Party chief and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

Unlike other members of the Yadav family, Prateek has stayed away from active politics. He is involved in real estate and fitness entrepreneurship and is an MBA graduate from Leeds University, London.

Who is Aparna Yadav?

Prateek and Aparna Bisht (now known as Aparna Yadav) married in 2011, and the couple has a daughter.

Aparna is currently a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She began her political career with the Samajwadi Party and contested the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election from the Lucknow Cantonment seat on an SP ticket, but lost to BJP’s Rita Bahuguna Joshi.

In January 2022, Aparna joined the BJP and was later appointed Vice Chairperson of the Uttar Pradesh State Women Commission in September 2024.

An alumna of the University of Manchester, Aparna holds an MA in International Relations and Politics. She is also a trained classical and semi-classical singer, having studied at the Bhatkhande Music Institute, Lucknow.

She is the daughter of Arvind Singh Bisht, a former journalist who later served as an Information Commissioner in Uttar Pradesh, and Ambi Bisht, who worked with the Lucknow Municipal Corporation.