Jagdish Lal Srivastav was an Ex- MLA from siswa vidhan sabha in the year 1989-1991 in the government of janata party. During his youth, he was the president of Deen Dayal Upadhyay University Gorakhpur. He was very close to Shri Kalpnath Rai. He has also been a minister in state in the Mulayam Singh's state government. He was a leader of honour . He served the people with full respect and was a responsible representative of people in the vidhan sabha bhavan which exist in Lucknow. He died due to a diseas called as chikangunya in Lucknow on date 13th November 2016 at the age of 65 years. Every year his son , Shri Gautam Lal Srivastav conducts his condolence ceremony on 13th November.