{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1946)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ram Gopal Yadav | image = | caption = Yadav in 2015 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|6|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Saifai]], [[United Provinces (1937–50)|United Provinces]], [[British India]] | office = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]] | constituency = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] | term_start = 26 November 2008 | term_end = | predecessor = | successor = | term_start1 = 5 July 1992 | term_end1 = 4 July 2004 | constituency1 = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] | office2 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]] | constituency2 = [[Sambhal Lok Sabha constituency|Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh]] | term_start2 = 13 May 2004 | term_end2 = 26 November 2008 | predecessor2 = [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]] | successor2 = [[Shafiqur Rahman Barq]] | alma_mater = [[Agra University]]<br>[[Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University|Kanpur University]]<ref name=":2" /> | party = [[File:Samajwadi Party.png|20px]] [[Samajwadi Party]] | spouse = {{marriage|Phoolan Devi|1962|2010|reason=died}} | father = | mother = | children = 4 (1 daughter and 3 sons; including [[Akshay Yadav]]) | relations = [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]] (cousin) <br> [[Shivpal Singh Yadav]] (cousin) <br>[[Akhilesh Yadav]] (nephew) <br> [[Dharmendra Yadav]] (nephew) <br>[[Tej Pratap Singh Yadav]] (grand-nephew) <br>[[Aditya Yadav]] (nephew) <br>[[Arvind Pratap]] (nephew) | website = }}
'''Ram Gopal Yadav''' (born 29 June 1946) is an [[India]]n politician from [[Uttar Pradesh]]. He is the Secretary-General of the [[Samajwadi Party]] and a [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|Member of Parliament]] (MP) in [[Rajya Sabha]], since 2008.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|title=Detailed Profile: Prof. Ram Gopal Yadav|url=http://www.archive.india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=109|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810005717/http://www.archive.india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=109|archive-date=10 August 2016|access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref> Yadav also served as [[Lok Sabha]] MP of [[Sambhal Lok Sabha constituency|Sambhal]] from 2004 to 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/membersearch.aspx |title=Current Members of Rajya Sabha |publisher=Parliament of India |access-date=7 February 2016 |archive-date=25 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125190141/http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/membersearch.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On 23 October 2016, he was expelled from the party<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Shivpal-Yadav-says-cousin-Ram-Gopal-is-creating-rift-in-Samjawadi-Party/articleshow/55012620.cms|title=Shivpal Yadav says cousin Ram Gopal is creating rift in Samjawadi Party|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=2016-10-23}}</ref> 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,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/mulayam-singh-yadav-expels-akhilesh-yadav-ram-gopal-yadav-from-samajwadi-party-for-6-years/articleshow/56257521.cms|title=Mulayam Singh Yadav expels Akhilesh Yadav, Ram Gopal Yadav from Samajwadi Party for 6 years|work=[[Times of India]]|date=30 December 2016}}</ref> but on the following day the expulsion was revoked by the party on constitutional grounds.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2016/dec/31/akhilesh-and-ram-gopals-expulsion-from-sp-revoked-with-immediate-effect-1554805.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101002248/http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2016/dec/31/akhilesh-and-ram-gopals-expulsion-from-sp-revoked-with-immediate-effect-1554805.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 January 2017|title=Akhilesh and Ram Gopal's expulsion from SP revoked with immediate effect|work=[[New Indian Express]]|date=31 December 2016}}</ref>
==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.<ref name=":3">{{cite news|url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4201&lastls=14 |title=Member: Lok Sabha |work=Lok Sabha |access-date=16 September 2022 }}</ref> He had a sister Geeta Devi, who died in August 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Siddiqui |first=Faiz Rahman |date=28 August 2021 |title=BJP govt is anti-farmer says SP president Akhilesh Yadav |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/bjp-govt-is-anti-farmer-says-sp-president-akhilesh-yadav/articleshow/85701658.cms |access-date=7 October 2022 |website=[[The Times of India]] |language=en}}</ref>
===Family=== {{See also|Political families of Uttar Pradesh}}
Ram Gopal Yadav is the cousin of Ratan Singh Yadav, [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]], Abhay Ram Yadav, Rajpal Singh Yadav and [[Shivpal Singh Yadav]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Rashid |first=Omar |date=19 January 2022 |title=U.P. Assembly polls {{!}} Mulayam's daughter-in-law Aparna joins the BJP |language=en-IN |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/uttar-pradesh-assembly/mulayam-singh-yadavs-daughter-in-law-aparna-yadav-joins-bjp/article38290686.ece |access-date=16 September 2022 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> 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 (through his sister Geeta).
== Positions held == Ram Gopal Yadav has been elected once as [[Lok Sabha]] MP and 5 times as [[Rajya Sabha]] MP.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4201&lastls=14 |title=Member Profile |work=Lok Sabha |access-date=2 October 2022}}</ref>
{{srn}} {| class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash" |- ! From !! To !! Position !! Party |- | 1992 || 1998 || [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|MP]] (1st term) in [[Rajya Sabha]] from [[Uttar Pradesh]] || [[Samajwadi Party|SP]] |- | 1998 || 2004 || [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|MP]] (2nd term) in [[Rajya Sabha]] from [[Uttar Pradesh]] || [[Samajwadi Party|SP]] |- | 2004 || 2008 || [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]] (1st term) in [[14th Lok Sabha]] from [[Sambhal Lok Sabha constituency|Sambhal]] (resigned in 2008) || [[Samajwadi Party|SP]] |- | 2008 || 2014 || [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|MP]] (3rd term) in [[Rajya Sabha]] from [[Uttar Pradesh]] || [[Samajwadi Party|SP]] |- | 2014<ref name="Parrikar, 9 others elected unopposed to RS">{{cite news |last1= |date=13 November 2014 |title=Parrikar, 9 others elected unopposed to RS |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/parrikar-9-others-elected-unopposed-to-rs-114111301205_1.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250601123339/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/parrikar-9-others-elected-unopposed-to-rs-114111301205_1.html |archivedate=1 June 2025 |accessdate=1 June 2025 |work= |publisher=Business Standard}}</ref><ref name="11 new members take oath in Rajya Sabha">{{cite news|title=11 new members take oath in Rajya Sabha|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/11-new-members-take-oath-in-Rajya-Sabha/articleshow/45281506.cms|accessdate=1 June 2025|publisher=The Times of India|date=26 November 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250601121238/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/11-new-members-take-oath-in-Rajya-Sabha/articleshow/45281506.cms|archivedate=1 June 2025}}</ref>|| 2020 || [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|MP]] (4th term) in [[Rajya Sabha]] from [[Uttar Pradesh]] || [[Samajwadi Party|SP]] |- | 2020 || Present || [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|MP]] (5th term) in [[Rajya Sabha]] from [[Uttar Pradesh]] || [[Samajwadi Party|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]]
[[File:Paban Singh Ghatowar, the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions and Prime Minister’s Office.jpg|thumb|313x313px|Ram Gopal Yadav (fourth from right) on the birth anniversary of [[Ram Manohar Lohia]] in Parliament]]
==Personal life== On 4 May 1962, Ram Gopal Yadav married Phoolan Devi <!--NOT to be confused with former Bandit Phoolan Devi--> and the couple had 1 daughter and 3 sons including [[Akshay Yadav]].<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/up-luck-politician-son-died-after-forty-days-of-marriage-leaving-behind-pregnant-wife-5633823-pho.html |title=शादी होते ही प्रेग्नेंट हो गई थी ये 'बहू', दुल्हन बनने के 40वें दिन हुई थी पति की मौत |work=Dainik Bhaskar |date=2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jansatta.com/lifestyle/prof-ramgopal-son-billu-was-right-hand-of-mulayam-singh-yadav-he-died-suddenly-after-40-days-of-marriage/1618403/lite/ |title=मुलायम सिंह यादव के दाहिने हाथ थे प्रो. रामगोपाल के बेटे बिल्लू, शादी के 40 दिनों बाद अचानक हो गया था निधन |work=Jansatta |date=19 January 2021 }}</ref>
== Books ==
* Lohia Ka Samajwad<ref>{{Cite book|last=Yadav|first=Ram Gopal|title=Dr. Lohia Ka Samajwad|publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan|year=2015|isbn=978-8126728770|language=Hindi}}</ref> * Sansad Main Meri Baat<ref>{{Cite book|last=Yadav|first=Ram Gopal|title=Sansad Mein Meri Baat|publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan|year=2016|isbn=978-8126729135|language=Hindi}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Twitter}}
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