Ram Swaroop Singh was an Indian politician and a former member of

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- ...

. He also worked as Minister of State in the

Mayawati Kumari Mayawati (born 15 January 1956) is an Indian politician. She has served four separate terms as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. She is the national president of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which focuses on a platform of social chan ...

's cabinet. He was elected first time in 2002 from Sarvankhera assembly constituency of

Kanpur Dehat Kanpur Dehat district is a district in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. The administrative headquarters of the district are at Mati- Akbarpur. This district is part of Kanpur division. Kanpur was formerly spelled Cawnpore. History The s ...

district.

Political life

He started his political life by participating in society's elections. He officiated the post of chairman of Zila Sahkari Bank Ltd. Kanpur, a member of Zila Panchayat Kanpur Dehat district. The first time he fought the assembly election in 1997 as an independent candidate but he did not reach his goal. In 2002 he met Bahujan Samajwadi Party Supremo Mayawati and joined Bahujan Samajwadi Party and succeeded in finding a ticket from BSP. In 2002 he fought the assembly election from Sarwankheda constituency of district Kanpur Dehat as BSP candidate and became winner. He also officiated for some time as state minister in Mayawati government. In political turmoil, he resigned from the Mayawati government, and his party BSP, and joined

Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; translation: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi but mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with significant presence in other states as well. With ...

. In 2007 and 2012 he fought elections as member of Legislative Assembly from

Akbarpur-Raniya (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Akbarpur-Raniya Assembly constituency is one of 403 legislative assembly seats of the Uttar Pradesh. It is part of the Akbarpur Lok Sabha constituency. It is part of Kanpur Dehat district. Overview Akbarpur-Raniya comprises KCs 1-Akbarpur, 3- ...

of district Kanpur Dehat (Ramabai Nagar) as Samajwadi Party candidate and he won seats. He was sitting MLA from

-206 of district Kanpur Dehat.

References

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