Ram Shiromani Verma | |
Residence: | Akbarpur, Uttar Pradesh, India |
Office1: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
Constituency1: | Shravasti |
Term Start1: | 23 May 2019 |
Predecessor1: | Daddan Mishra |
Majority1: | 5,320 |
Party: | Samajwadi Party |
Profession: | Business and agriculture |
Alma Mater: | Avadh University |
Father: | Dayaram Verma |
Ram Shiromani Verma is an Indian politician and member of the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Shravasti constituency, Uttar Pradesh. He was elected in the 2019 Indian general election as member of the Bahujan Samaj Party. For the 2024 Indian general election, he moved to the Samajwadi Party.
In March 2019, Mahagathbandhan, the grand alliance of Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and Rashtriya Lok Dal announced that Verma would contest the upcoming 2019 Indian general election from Shravasti constituency on the symbol of Bahujan Samaj Party.[1] On 23 May, he was elected to the Lok Sabha after defeating Daddan Mishra, his nearest rival and sitting MP from Bharatiya Janata Party by a margin of 5,320 votes. Verma was polled 440,944 votes. After getting elected, he said that building a college, repairing roads and demanding an expansion of railways in his constituency were his priorities. Being a businessman, he is seldom seen in his constituency.[2]