Ram Gopal Yadav

Ram Gopal Yadav is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh. He is the Secretary-General of the Samajwadi Party and a Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha, since 2008. Yadav also served as Lok Sabha MP of Sambhal [Lok Sabha constituency|Sambhal] 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 Mulayam Singh Yadav, who was also Ram Gopal's cousin, expelled him from the party again for six years, but on the following day the expulsion was revoked by the party on constitutional grounds.

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Early life

Ram Gopal Yadav was born on 29 June 1946 in Saifai village, Etawah district, 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, Mulayam 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 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council is the nephew of Ram Gopal Yadav.

Positions held

Ram Gopal Yadav has been elected once as Lok Sabha MP and 5 times as Rajya Sabha MP.

From	To	Position	Party
1992	1998	MP in Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh	SP
1998	2004	MP in Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh	SP
2004	2008	Member of Parliament, [Lok Sabha\|MP] in 14th Lok Sabha from Sambhal	SP
2008	2014	MP in Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh	SP
2014	2020	MP in Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh	SP
2020	Present	MP in Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh	SP

Other positions

1989–1992: Chairman, Zila Parishad, Etawah
1994–2004: Leader of Samajwadi Party parliamentary group in Rajya Sabha
2004: Leader of Samajwadi Party in Lok Sabha
September 2013–present: Leader of Samajwadi Party in Rajya Sabha
2017: Selected as Secretary-General of Samajwadi Party

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, died in a road accident in 1999. Later Billu's wife Abhilasha Yadav married Anurag Yadav in 2004.

Books

Lohia Ka Samajwad
Sansad Main Meri Baat