Convincing advocates across Uttar Pradesh to elect a woman to the UP Bar Council is no ordinary task. But Darvesh Singh Yadav made history on June 9 following a two-month campaign, promising a free stipend to newly inducted advocates, a Bar hall in Agra and libraries across all bar council facilities in UP. Two days ago, after being re-elected as a member of the Bar Council defeating at least ten women candidates, she also got the majority of the votes from the 25-member council. “Yadav worked with the former chairperson of the UP Bar Council, Praveen Kumar. He fought for her all this while and then killed her,” said Advocate Amir Ahmad, former secretary of the UP Bar Council.

Source: Indian Express June 12, 2019 23:15 UTC