Ram Gopal Yadav (born 29 June 1946) is an

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politician from

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. He is the Secretary-General of the

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and the

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

(MP) in

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, since 2008. Yadav also served as

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MP of Sambhal from 2004 to 2008. On 23 October 2016, he was expelled from the party 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Yadav, who was also his cousin, expelled him from the party again for six years, but on the following day the expulsion was revoked by the party on constitutional grounds.

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. He had a sister Geeta Devi, who died in August 2021.

Family

Ram Gopal Yadav is the cousin of Ratan Singh Yadav, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Abhay Ram Yadav, Rajpal Singh Yadav and Shivpal Singh Yadav. 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

MP and 5 times as

MP.

Other positions

* 1989–1992: Chairman, Zila Parishad,

Etawah Etawah also known as Ishtikapuri is a city on the banks of Yamuna River in the state of Western Uttar Pradesh in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Etawah District. Etawah's population of 256,838 (as per 2011 population census) m ...

* 1994–2004: Leader of

parliamentary group in Rajya Sabha * 2004: Leader of

in Lok Sabha * September 2013–present: Leader of

in Rajya Sabha * 2017: Selected as Secretary-General of

Personal life

On 4 May 1962, Ram Gopal Yadav married Phoolan Devi and the couple had 1 daughter and 3 sons including Akshay Yadav. 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.

Books

* Lohia Ka Samajwad * Sansad Main Meri Baat

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yadav, Ram Gopal 1947 births Living people People from Saifai People from Etawah Politicians from Moradabad India MPs 2004–2009 Samajwadi Party politicians Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh People from Sambhal district Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University alumni Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University alumni Ram Samajwadi Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh