Ram_Gopal_Yadav

Ram Gopal Yadav

Ram Gopal Yadav

Indian politician based in Uttar Pradesh

Ram Gopal Yadav (born 29 June 1946) is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh. He is the Secretary-General of the Samajwadi Party and the Member of Parliament (MP) in Rajya Sabha, since 2008.[1] Yadav also served as Lok Sabha MP of Sambhal from 2004 to 2008.[2]

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On 23 October 2016, he was expelled from the party[3] by Shivpal Singh Yadav, the state president of Samajwadi Party. He was accepted later in the party. On 30 December 2016, Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav, who was also his cousin, expelled him from the party again for six years,[4] but on the following day the expulsion was revoked by the party on constitutional grounds.[5]

Early life

Ram Gopal Yadav was born on 29 June 1946 in Saifai village, Etawah district, Uttar Pradesh to Bachchi Lal Yadav and Phool Wati.[6] He had a sister Geeta Devi, who died in August 2021.[7]

Family

See also: Political families of Uttar Pradesh

Ram Gopal Yadav is the cousin of Ratan Singh Yadav, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Abhay Ram Yadav, Rajpal Singh Yadav and Shivpal Singh Yadav.[8] Kamla Devi Yadav is his cousin sister.

Arvind Pratap who has served as MLC in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council is the nephew of Ram Gopal Yadav (through his sister Geeta).

Positions held

Ram Gopal Yadav has been elected 1 time as Lok Sabha MP and 5 times as Rajya Sabha MP.[9]

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Other positions

Ram Gopal Yadav (fourth from right) on the birth anniversary of Ram Manohar Lohia in Parliament

Personal life

On 4 May 1962, Ram Gopal Yadav married Phoolan Devi and the couple had 1 daughter and 3 sons including Akshay Yadav.[6][8] Phoolan Devi died in August 2010.

One of his son, Asit Yadav (Billu Yadav), died in a road accident in 1999. Later Billu's wife Abhilasha Yadav married Anurag Yadav (brother of Dharmendra Yadav) in 2004.[10][11]

Books

  • Lohia Ka Samajwad[12]
  • Sansad Main Meri Baat[13]

References

  1. [1]
    "Detailed Profile: Prof. Ram Gopal Yadav". Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Current Members of Rajya Sabha". Parliament of India. Archived from the original on 25 January 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Shivpal Yadav says cousin Ram Gopal is creating rift in Samjawadi Party". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  4. [4]
    "Mulayam Singh Yadav expels Akhilesh Yadav, Ram Gopal Yadav from Samajwadi Party for 6 years". Times of India. 30 December 2016.
  5. [5]
    "Akhilesh and Ram Gopal's expulsion from SP revoked with immediate effect". New Indian Express. 31 December 2016. Archived from the original on 1 January 2017.
  6. [6]
    "Member: Lok Sabha". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  7. [7]
    Siddiqui, Faiz Rahman (28 August 2021). "BJP govt is anti-farmer says SP president Akhilesh Yadav". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  8. [8]
    Rashid, Omar (19 January 2022). "U.P. Assembly polls | Mulayam's daughter-in-law Aparna joins the BJP". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  9. [9]
    "Member Profile". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  10. [10]
    "शादी होते ही प्रेग्नेंट हो गई थी ये 'बहू', दुल्हन बनने के 40वें दिन हुई थी पति की मौत". Dainik Bhaskar. 2017.
  11. [11]
    "मुलायम सिंह यादव के दाहिने हाथ थे प्रो. रामगोपाल के बेटे बिल्लू, शादी के 40 दिनों बाद अचानक हो गया था निधन". Jansatta. 19 January 2021.
  12. [12]
    Yadav, Ram Gopal (2015). Dr. Lohia Ka Samajwad (in Hindi). Rajkamal Prakashan. ISBN 978-8126728770.
  13. [13]
    Yadav, Ram Gopal (2016). Sansad Mein Meri Baat (in Hindi). Rajkamal Prakashan. ISBN 978-8126729135.
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