Ram Gopal Yadav
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Ram Gopal Yadav (born 29 June 1946) is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh. He is the Secretary-General of the Samajwadi Party and the Member of Parliament (MP) in Rajya Sabha, since 2008.[1] Yadav also served as Lok Sabha MP of Sambhal from 2004 to 2008.[2]
Ram Gopal Yadav | |
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Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
Assumed office 26 November 2008 | |
In office 05 July 1992 – 04 July 2004 | |
Constituency | Uttar Pradesh |
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
In office 2004–2008 | |
Preceded by | Mulayam Singh Yadav |
Succeeded by | Shafiqur Rahman Barq |
Constituency | Sambhal |
Personal details | |
Born | (1946-06-29) 29 June 1946 (age 77) Saifai, United Provinces, British India |
Political party | Samajwadi Party |
Spouse |
Phoolan Devi
(m. 1962; died 2010) |
Relations | Mulayam Singh Yadav (cousin) Shivpal Singh Yadav (cousin) Akhilesh Yadav (nephew) Dharmendra Yadav (nephew) Tej Pratap Singh Yadav (grand-nephew) |
Children | 4 (1 daughter and 3 sons including Akshay Yadav) |
Parents |
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Residence | Etawah |
Alma mater | Agra University Kanpur University[1] |
On 23 October 2016, he was expelled from the party[3] 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who was also his cousin, expelled him from the party again for six years,[4] but on the following day the expulsion was revoked by the party on constitutional grounds.[5]