Amra Ram (born 5 August 1955; ) is an Indian politician and peasant leader. He is serving as the

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from

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since 2024. He was elected to the

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for four-terms from 1993 to 2013. He served as president of the All India Kishan Sabha from July 2013 to October 2017. He is currently vice-president of All India Kishan Sabha since October 2017. A member of the

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, he has been the State Secretary of the

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Rajasthan unit and a CEC member of CPI(M) since 2014. He won the Best MLA award for the year 2011 from Rajasthan Government.

Early life and education

He was born into the

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family on 5 August 1955 to Rami Devi and Dallaram in Mundwara village, Sikar District, Rajasthan. His early education started at Govt. Primary School, Mundwara, followed by Govt. Shri Kalyan School for his higher secondary education. In 1973, he enrolled at Shri Kalyan Govt. College, where he obtained a B.Sc. degree. In 1976, he went to

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, earning a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) degree. Returning to Shri Kalyan Govt. College in 1979, he furthered his academic pursuits, culminating in an M.Com degree with a specialization in EAFM (Economics, Accounting, and Financial Management). He participated in the sport of

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, playing for Rajasthan in the National Open Championship held in Simoga, Karnataka in 1971. After completing college, he started the job of a government teacher in 1982. During this, He taught at the Dhod and Nagawa School. Soon he left the job and actively joined

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and

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Political career

Student politics

While studying in college, he joined the Students Federation of India (SFI), the student organization of the

. He was elected Students Union President of Shri Kalyan Govt. College under the banner of SFI in 1979. At that time, Shri Kalyan Govt. College was the second largest college in Rajasthan based on student's strength. In the same year, he was elected State Vice President of SFI's Rajasthan Unit.

Indian mainstream politics

* Ram was elected Sarpanch of Mundwada twice from 1983 to 1993.Bagriya, Rameshwar (2004). Tisri Takat - Itihas, Sangharsh aur Trilok Singh. Jaipur. * In 1985, he contested for the first time for the

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ticket and stood in third place with 10281 votes. * In 1993, he was elected Legislative Assembly Member for the first time, by defeating

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's Ramdev Singh in the Assembly elections from

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constituency of Rajasthan Assembly.1993 Rajasthan Assembly results
/ref> * He was elected legislator (MLA) for three consecutive terms in the year 1993, 1998, and 2003 from

.1998 Rajasthan Assembly results
/ref> * In 2008, he was elected Legislative Assembly Member for the fourth time, by defeating Congress's Narayan Singh in the Assembly elections from the Danta Ramgarh constituency of the Rajasthan Assembly. It was his fourth consecutive term in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly on CPI(M) ticket. * He lost the 2013 Assembly elections and stayed in third place, this time Narayan Singh of Congress won the seat. * In 1996, he contested for the first time for Member of Parliament. He lost, receiving 56,452 votes in the Sikar constituency of Lok Sabha (Lower house of Indian Parliament), trailing in the third position behind Dr Hari Singh (INC candidate, winner) and

Subhash Maharia Subhash Maharia (born 29 September 1957) is an Indian politician from Sikar, Rajasthan. He served as union minister of state for Rural Development, Food & Public Distribution in Government of India. He is a member of Bharatiya Janta Party. He ...

(BJP candidate). * Since 1996, he has contested for the Sikar Lok Sabha constituency seat six times but has not won.

Role in Vidhan Sabha

He was elected to the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly for four terms. Amra Ram is known for bringing farmer issues to the notice of the Assembly. * Farmers were agitating on 20 January 1997 for power supply for wells outside the Rajasthan assembly, Amra raised this demand of farmers in the House and sought a solution. However, this was not discussed before the Governor's address commenced. Amra Ram, however, disrupted the governor's address and insisted that if the assembly won't look after the well-being of the farmers, the assembly proceedings would/should be stopped. (

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: अमराराम ने कहा कि अगर किसान का कुआँ नहीं चलेगा तो विधानसभा भी नहीं चलेगी). For this incident, Amra Ram and 4 other MLAs were suspended from the assembly for 3 months. At that time Baliram Bhagat was the Governor and Bhairun Singh Shekhawat was the

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. * As an MLA, Amra Ram always opposed the proposals for the increase in wages and allowances of legislators. * Amra Ram opposed the proposal of the

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in Rajasthan and demanded a division of the house on the issue on 17 April 2012. He argued that doing so would give an additional burden of Rs 500 crore annually to the people of the state. The proposal of the

passed in the division of assembly by majority. Ruling Party and opposition were in favor of the proposal, Amra Ram and 4 other MLAs were against the proposal.

Movements

Sikar Kisan Movement 2017

A large farmer's movement started in Rajasthan on 1 September 2017 to promote farmer's loan waivers, minimum support price and other demands under the leadership of Akhil Bhartiya Kishan Sabha (AIKS). Kisan Sabha, President, Amra Ram, Former MLA Pema Ram, Hetram Benwal, Pawan Duggal, Mangal Singh Yadav, Bhagirath Netar, Sagar Mal Khachariya and others were leading the movement.

was the center of movement, so it is known as "Sikar Kisan Andolan". Thousands of farmers gathered in Sikar ''Mandhi'' on 1 September, and said their ''Padav'' would continue until demands were accepted. ''Kishan Padav'' ''(

: किसान पड़ाव)'' continued in Sikar and Other Districts including Bikaner, Nagaur, Jhunjhunu, Churu, Hanumangarh, Shri Ganganagar, Alwar till 10 September. During this, government imposed

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and also blocked Internet services in Sikar. When the demands were not accepted, on 10 September, AIKS called a Statewide Indefinite Highway Strike. After beginning from Sikar, this movement spread throughout Rajasthan, it had a widespread impact in 14 districts. Meanwhile, Sikar and other cities were also kept under strike. Traders and many organizations supported the Farmer's Movement. On the 11th day, on the call of the Kisan Sabha, the farmers blocked highways and all other major and minor roads. Then the government invited the delegation of farmers for the talks on 11 September. After two days of long talks the government accepted the demand of the farmers on 13 September. The movement was withdrawn after the demands were accepted.

References

External links

Amra Ram on Twitter
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