Ram Murti Verma (born 1 January 1965) is an Indian politician and former Minister of Milk and Dairy development in the Uttar Pradesh government under

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. As a member of the

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, Verma represents the Tanda constituency in the 18th

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. Before that, he represented the Akbarpur constituency in the

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Early life and education

Verma was born on 1 January 1965 to Vasudev Verma in Dohripur village of

Ambedkar Nagar district Ambedkar Nagar is a district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This district is a part of Faizabad division (officially ''Ayodhya division'') in the Awadh region of the state. This district was established on 29 September 1995 by carvin ...

in the state of

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. He enrolled for

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but did not complete his education. Verma married Sudama Devi in 1984, with whom he has two sons. Verma is an

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by occupation.

Political career

A member of the

, Verma won from the

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in the

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, serving as an MLA in the

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from 2012 to 2017, before losing in 2017 by a small margin. In

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, Verma contested from the Tanda constituency instead of Akbarpur and won by 41,989 votes, defeating

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's Kapil Deo Verma with margin of 32097 votes. Verma had also served thrice as the district president of the Samajwadi Party. He also contested in the

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from Ambedkar Nagar constituency.

References

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