Ramakant Goswami (born 29 October 1944) was a member of the

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from Rajendra Nagar constituency. He was the Minister of Industry, Labour, Election, Law & Justice and Parliament Affairs, Govt. of NCT, Delhi. He was also a member of the Business Advisory Committee of Delhi Government since 2002.

Early life

He was born to Dr Girdhari Lal Goswami and Dev Rani Goswami in British India. After the partition of India, he and his family migrated to India. He did his

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in Hindi from Kurukshetra University and followed this with a diploma in journalism from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. He was an active journalist for thirty years and worked as lecturer at S.D. College in

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. He was an active sportsman during his college days.

Political career

He entered in active politics in 1998 for the Delhi State Assembly Elections and contested for Congress Party for the seat of MLA from

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constituency, he won and repeated his success again in the year 2003. In the 2008 elections, he was nominated from Rajendra Nagar constituency. He won the seat from the

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candidate Asha Yogi by 5000 votes.

Positions held

He has served on several major positions of many organisations and within Congress, some of them are:- * General Secretary — Delhi

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* General Secretary — All India Sanatan Dharam Pratinidhi Sammelan * General Secretary — All India Sanskrit Sahitya Sammelan * Parliamentary Secretary to

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* Chief Whip of Congress Legislative Party

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Goswami, Ramakant Members of the Delhi Legislative Assembly People from Delhi Living people Indian National Congress politicians 1944 births Kurukshetra University alumni Politicians from Lahore State cabinet ministers of Delhi Delhi MLAs 2008–2013

Early life

Political career

Positions held

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