Born in Bhardah-9, Saptari on October 1, 1970, an alternate central member and Saptari district coordinator of CPN-UML, Umesh Kumar Yadav participated 1990’s democratic movement from Raj Biraj Campus. Ex- valley coordinator of Nepal Student Forum of Sadbhawana Party, Yadav went underground in 1998, and served as a combatants’ battalion commander after switching CPN-Maoist in 1995. A graduate in Sciences from Patan Campus, he also served as a secretariat member and a Mithila state coordinator at Young Communist League of UCPN-Maoist.
