Radhey Shyam Kori (7 July 1939 – 12 August 2015) was an Indian politician who was MP for Ghatampur in

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from 2004 to 2009.

Early life

Kori was born in Chilauli (Sujneepur), tehsil

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district,

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(at present

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), in a kori (

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) family which is enlisted in the Scheduled caste list in Uttar Pradesh. His father's name was Ghaseete Lal. He passed high school from R P S Inter College

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, Kanpur. After leaving school, he became a follower of freedom fighter Shambhu Dayal Chaturvedi of village Badagaon Bhikkhi tehsil Derapur, district Kanpur. He stayed with Shambhu Dayal Chaturvedi as a family member until Chaturvedi's death. Shambhu Dayal Chaturvedi was a political guru to Radhey Shyam Kori.

Politics

In Congress

His first step was from village politics. He officiated as Pradhn of Badagaon Bhikkhi of tehsil Derapur for about 20 years and also officiated as Block Pramukh of Derapur district, Kanpur. Shambhu Dayal Chaturvedi was a very active worker and leader of the

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(INC), so Kori also joined the

with the help of Chaturvedi. After some time he became General Secretary of the INC party of

district.

In Bahujan Samajwadi Party

After a long period he joined the Bahujan Samajwadi Party in 1996 and became Member of Legislative Assembly from Bhognipur (sc) Constituency in 1996 and became the winner from this constituency.

In Samajwadi Party

In 2004 he joined

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and fought election to Parliament as the MP from Ghatampur Constituency (sc) and became the winner from this seat. He defeated Pyare Lal Sankhwar of BSP.

References

1939 births 2015 deaths People from Kanpur Dehat district People from Kanpur India MPs 2004–2009 Samajwadi Party politicians Bahujan Samaj Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Indian National Congress politicians Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh Samajwadi Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh {{UttarPradesh-SP-politician-stub