Raja Ram Pal
Raja Ram Pal | |
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In office Member of Parliament: 2004-2009, 2009-2014 | |
Constituency | Akbarpur |
Personal details | |
Born | sirhoi, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh | 20 November 1960
Political party | Samajwadi Party since October 2021,BSP, INC |
Spouse | R.K.Devi |
Children | 2 sons and 1 daughter |
Residence | Kanpur |
As of 22 September, 2006 Source: [Parliament of India official biography] |
Raja Ram Pal (born 20 November 1960) is an Indian politician with the
Life
The son of Ram Nath Pal and Rukmani Devi, Raja Ram was born in the town
During 1996-2002 he was member of Uttar Pradesh Assembly.
He is married to Mrs. R.K. Devi and has two sons and one daughter.
Political career
In the sting Operation Duryodhana[2] by the Noida based media firm Cobrapost, aired 12 December 2005 on the Indian Hindi news TV Channel Aaj Tak, Raja Ram Pal was caught on video accepting bribes of Rs. 35,000 for fielding questions in parliament.
At one point, he says that the price of getting MPs to sign on to any petition is Rs. 25,000 per MP. He wants the money in advance; he underlines this with a colourful Hindi couplet:
- sasta roye baar-baar, mehnga roye ek baar
- (if you throw little money you will cry again and again, but if you throw big money you will cry only once).[2]
Expulsion from Parliament
On 23 December 2005 he was expelled from the Lok Sabha following the adoption of a motion calling for the expulsion of all 11 MPs caught in the sting.
The scam also led to Bahujan Samaj Party supremo
He joined the Samajwadi Party on a rally in presence of Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav in 2021.
References
- ^ "Official biography". Parliament of India records. Archived from the original on 15 June 2006. Retrieved 28 March 2007.
- ^ a b Aniruddha Bahal. "Operation Duryodhana". Archived from the original on 23 April 2012.
- ^ "Mayawati acts tough, expels four BSP MPS". 27 December 2005.