Raja Ram Pandey
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
1996–2002
Preceded byUmashankar
Succeeded byR K Verma
ConstituencyGarwara
Personal details
Born15 May 1955
Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh
Died (aged 58)
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Political partySamajwadi Party
Other political
affiliations		Janata Dal
Samta Party
Samajwadi Party
Residence(s)Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Raja Ram Pandey (15 May 1955 – 31 October 2013) was an Indian politician from the Samajwadi Party. He was a three-term member of legislative assembly and had also represented Vishwanathganj constituency of Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. He was in the Cabinet of the chief minister Akhilesh Yadav.[1]

Career

Raja Ram Pandey fought election six times and three times he won election from Vishwanathganj constituency of Pratapgarh. Raja Ram Pandey began his career from the political party Janata Dal and was elected first time as member of legislative assembly in 1997. He became a cabinet minister in the Bhartiya Janta Party government in Uttar Pradesh. Later he won as a candidate of Ram Vilas Paswan s'outfit Lok Janshakti Party in the 2002 Uttar Pradesh assembly election.[2]

He lost in the 2007 assembly election as a Samajwadi Party candidate and in 2012 Raja Ram won election from Vishwanathganj Vidhan Sabha in Pratapgarh.

He died on 31 October 2013 following a heart attack.[3]

Cabinet minister

Rajaram became a cabinet minister in Bhartiya Janta Party government in 1997 Mulayam Singh's government in 2003 and again in 2012, when Akhilesh Yadav became chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and was again in his Cabinet as minister of Khaadi and village industry. He became cabinet minister three times and all three times he was given department of Khadi and village industries.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "UP minister showers 'comments' on Sultanpur DM". India Today. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "UP minister Raja Ram Pandey axed over sexist comments". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  3. ↑ "Former UP minister Raja Ram Pandey passes away". Business Standard. Retrieved 22 August 2021.


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