Rammurti Singh Verma ( hi, राममूर्ति सिंह वर्मा; 29 July 1950 – 23 April 2021) was an Indian politician and a member of the
Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh in India.
He represented the
Dadraul constituency of Uttar Pradesh and was a member of the
Samajwadi Party
The Samajwadi Party ( SP; translation: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi but mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with significant presence in other states as w ...
political party.
He died in April 2021, aged 70.
Early life and education
Rammurti Singh Verma was born in
Shahjahanpur district
Shahjahanpur district is a districts of Uttar Pradesh India. It is a part of Bareilly division. It was established in 1813 by the British Government. Previously it was a part of district Bareilly. Geographically the main town is Shahjahanpur ...
in
Lodhi community. He attended the
Sampurnanand Sanskrit University and attained
Bachelor of Art degree.
His son
Rajesh Verma is a politician in
Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh.
Political career
Rammurti Singh Verma was a four time
MLA—three times from
Jalalabad seat and once from
Dadraul. He also represented Shahjahanpur in Lok Sabha and was a member of the
Samajwadi Party
The Samajwadi Party ( SP; translation: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi but mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with significant presence in other states as w ...
political party.
He lost his seat in the
2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election to Manvendra Singh of the
Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...
.
Controversy
There was a probe against state minister Rammurti Singh Verma for the murder of journalist Jagendra Singh, who was allegedly set afire by the minister and five others on 1 June after which he died on 8 June during treatment. An FIR was registered against minister for Backward Classes Welfare Ram Murti Verma, Inspector (Chowk) Sri Prakash Rai, Gufran, Akash Gupta, Amit Pratap Singh and Bhure for killing Jagendra by setting him afire.
The FIR was registered at Puwayan police station of Shahjahanpur, by the victim's son Raghvendra,after his father died during treatment at a hospital.
Posts held
See also
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Dadraul (Assembly constituency)
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Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
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Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Hindi: ''Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha'') is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh. There are 403 seats in the house filled by direct election using a single-member first-past-the-p ...
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Kanth
References
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Samajwadi Party politicians
Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2012–2017
People from Shahjahanpur district
Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya alumni
1950 births
2021 deaths