Ram Chandra Maurya was an Indian politician and member of
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from
Majhawan Assembly constituency
Majhawan is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Majhawan in the Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Majhawan is one of five assembly constituencies in the Mirzapur Lok Sabha constituency. Since ...
. He was a member of
Bharatiya Janata Party and was elected to 13th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly via 1996 Assembly elections. Maurya was a resident of
Mirzapur district of
Uttar Pradesh. His daughter-in-law
Suchismita Maurya also represented the Majhawan Assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
Political career
Ram Chandra Maurya was born on 16 January 1950 to Sarju Prasad in
Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh in an
Other Backward Class Hindu
Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...
family. He completed his post graduate degree and married Vidyawati Devi in 1967. He had one son and three daughters with her. Maurya's daughter-in-law
Suchismita Maurya contested the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections on the ticket of
Bharatiya Janata Party and was victorious. Maurya was also an industrialist besides being an active politician. In September-October 1996 elections, he was elected from
Majhawan Assembly constituency
Majhawan is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Majhawan in the Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Majhawan is one of five assembly constituencies in the Mirzapur Lok Sabha constituency. Since ...
, for the first time, as a candidate of
Bharatiya Janata Party. In this election, he got 54,472 votes and defeated Bhagwat Pal of
Bahujan Samaj Party
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a national level political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), alon ...
.
In 2013, he was shot in leg and looted by unknown assailants outside a mall, where he was waiting in his BMW car.
References
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Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1997–2002
People from Uttar Pradesh
People from Mirzapur district
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh
1950 births
Year of death missing