Ramai Ram (1 January 1944 - 14 July 2022) was an Indian politician from Bihar. He was a prominent Dalit leader. He was associated with many political parties in his 50 year long political career; Janta Paty,

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, Janata Dal(United) and VIP. He was nine times MLA from Bochahan constituency of

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. He served as ''Minister of Land and Revenue'' in the leadership of

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Personal life

Ramai Ram was born to Kisuni Ram at

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, Bihar into a

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family. His daughter, Geeta Kumari was appointed as a member of the State Transport Authority when he was Transport Minister and later she became MLC from Bihar. His other daughter, Rekha Devi was also MLC in Bihar. He died at

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on 14 July 2022 at the age of 78.

Politics

* In 1972 he won for the first time from Bochahan constituency as an independent candidate. He joined

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in 1980 and won from same seat. * He again won Bochahan constituency in 1985 from

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and in 1990 & 1995 from

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. * In 2000 he joined RJD and won from Bochahan and again in 2005. He became president of Bihar

Rashtriya Janata Dal The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: ''National People's Party'') is an Indian political party, based in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Kerala. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav. The party's support base has tradit ...

when Lalu Yadav was in jail. * He left

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and joined JDU in 2009 along with his daughter, Geeta Kumari. In 2010 he was again elected from Bochahan constituency. * He was Bihar Land Reforms and Revenue Minister in Rabri Devi's government from 1999 to 2005 and in first

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govt. * In 2009 he joined

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and fought Indian general elections from Gopalganj Lok Sabha constituency. * He was Transport Minister in

Jitan Ram Manjhi Jitan Ram Manjhi (born 6 October 1944) is an Indian politician from the eastern state of Bihar who served as its 23rd Chief Minister from 20 May 2014 to 20 February 2015. He is President of Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM). Previously, he had serv ...

's government and became President of Bihar Janata Dal (U) in 2017. * Ram left JDU and was made state president of Loktantrik Janata Dal. Later he re-joined

in 2017. * He was member of national executive team of RJD

Controversies

* He was criticized for appointing his daughter a non-official as member of State Transport Authority. * He was reported under Human Rights Commission for harassing his domestic help. * In 2012 he was attacked by a councillor of Muzaffarpur for unknown reasons. * He was suspended from JDU under Sharad Yadav along with 21 other leaders for anti-party activities. * He demanded separate country, Harijanistan (land for

s) after loss of Dalit lives in April 2018 caste protests in India.

References

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