Patel Ramkumar Verma (1954–2018) was an Indian politician and a member of

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Assembly in

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in 2017. He represented the

Nighasan (Assembly constituency) Nighasan Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Lakhimpur Kheri district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Kheri Lok Sabha constituency. ...

Lakhimpur district Lakhimpur district ( ) is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarter is located at North Lakhimpur. The district is bounded on the North by Siang and Papumpare districts of Arunachal Pradesh and on the Eas ...

of Uttar Pradesh. He died at the age of 64 after suffering from prolonged illness in Lucknow Uttar Pradesh. Patel was the PWD (Public Works Department) minister in 1991 and cooperative minister in 1997 in U.P.

Political career

Patel Ramkumar Verma contested Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election in 2017 as

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

candidate and defeated his close contestant Krishna Gopal Patel from

Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; translation: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi but mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with significant presence in other states as w ...

with a margin of 46,123 votes. When the seat fell vacant because of his death in 2018, his son

Shashank Verma Shashank Verma is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Nighasan (Kheri) in the by-election in 2019 as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a pol ...

won the by-election in 2019 as BJP's candidate.

Posts held

References

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