Gopal Rai (born 10 May 1975) is an Indian politician from Delhi. He served as the Minister for Environment, Forest & Wildlife, Development and General Administration in Government of Delhi under former

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. He is also

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from Babarpur (Delhi Assembly constituency) and a member of the Political Affairs Committee of the

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Background and education

Rai is a Post-graduate in Sociology from Lucknow University, 1998. He began his career with the

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, the student wing of the

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, in Lucknow University in 1992. He is a member of the National Executive of the

Political career

Rai began his career with

in Lucknow University in 1992. He is partially paralyzed as he was shot at during his student days in Lucknow. He and two other members led the "mein bhi aam aadmi" campaign, which started on 10 January and continued till 26 January 2014, for handling fund collection, association, and management of other political groups. He lost the election from the Babarpur constituency, got 25723 votes and stood in 3rd place in the

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. He won from Babarpur Assembly constituency in the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election on 10 February 2015 and became the transport and labour minister. On 13 December 2013, the fourth day of

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's indefinite hunger strike for passage of Jan Lokpal bill in

Ralegaon Siddhi Ralegan Siddhi is a village in Parner taluka of Ahmednagar District, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Located 87 km from Pune, the village has an area of 982.31 ha (1991). It is considered a model of environmental conservation. The vill ...

, a verbal spat between VK Singh and Gopal Rai took place, forcing Anna to ask Rai to leave Ralegaon.

Electoral performance

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rai, Gopal Living people Activists from Delhi Delhi MLAs 2015–2020 Delhi MLAs 2020–2025 Aam Aadmi Party MLAs from Delhi 1975 births Delhi politicians Delhi MLAs 2025–2030 State cabinet ministers of Delhi Leaders of the opposition in the Delhi Legislative Assembly