Ram Gopal Yadav (born 29 June 1946) is an Indian politician from

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. He is the Secretary-General of the

Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; ) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India. It was founded on 4 October 1992 by former Janata Dal politician Mulayam Singh Yadav and is headquartered in New Delhi. It is the third-largest political party in ...

and the Member of Parliament (MP) in

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, since 2008. Yadav also served as

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MP of

Sambhal Sambhal (pronounced Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu, sə̃bʰəl) is a city located in the Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh, India. The city lies approximately 158 km (98 mi) east of New Delhi and 355 km (220 mi) north-west of the state capit ...

from 2004 to 2008. On 23 October 2016, he was expelled from the party by Shivpal Singh Yadav, the state president of Samajwadi Party. He was accepted later in the party. On 30 December 2016, Samajwadi Party leader

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, who was also his cousin, expelled him from the party again for six years, but on the following day the expulsion was revoked by the party on constitutional grounds.

Early life

Ram Gopal Yadav was born on 29 June 1946 in

Saifai Saifai is a large village and university town in the Etawah district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is also a sub-division (Tehsil) and Block (''Kshetra Panchayat'') of the Etawah district. It is the birthplace of Mulayam Singh Yadav, ...

village,

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, Uttar Pradesh to Bachchi Lal Yadav and Phool Wati. He had a sister Geeta Devi, who died in August 2021.

Family

Ram Gopal Yadav is the cousin of Ratan Singh Yadav,

, Abhay Ram Yadav, Rajpal Singh Yadav and Shivpal Singh Yadav. Kamla Devi Yadav is his cousin sister. Arvind Pratap who has served as MLC in

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is the nephew of Ram Gopal Yadav (through his sister Geeta).

Positions held

Ram Gopal Yadav has been elected 1 time as

MP and 5 times as

MP.

Other positions

* 1989–1992: Chairman, Zila Parishad,

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* 1994–2004: Leader of

parliamentary group in Rajya Sabha * 2004: Leader of

in Lok Sabha * September 2013–present: Leader of

in Rajya Sabha * 2017: Selected as Secretary-General of

Personal life

On 4 May 1962, Ram Gopal Yadav married Phoolan Devi and the couple had 1 daughter and 3 sons including Akshay Yadav. Phoolan Devi died in August 2010. One of his son, Asit Yadav (Billu Yadav), died in a road accident in 1999. Later Billu's wife Abhilasha Yadav married Anurag Yadav (brother of Dharmendra Yadav) in 2004.

Books

* Lohia Ka Samajwad * Sansad Main Meri Baat

References

External links

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Samajwadi Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh