Rammurti Singh Verma Explained

Rammurti Singh Verma
राममूर्ति सिंह वर्मा
Constituency:Dadraul
Office:MLA, 16th Legislative Assembly
Term Start:March 2012
Term End:March 2017
Predecessor:Avadhesh Kumar Verma
Successor:Manvendra Singh
Constituency2:Shahjahanpur
Office2:MP, 11th parliament assembly
Term Start2:may 1996
Term End2:march 1998
Predecessor2:Satyapal Singh Yadav
Successor2:Satyapal Singh Yadav
Birth Date:1950 7, df=yes[1]
Birth Place:Shahjahanpur district
Parents:Rohan Singh (father)
Nationality: India
Party:Samajwadi Party
Spouse:Somwati Devi (wife)
Children:Rajesh Verma & Two daughters
Residence:Shahjahanpur district
Alma Mater:Sampurnanand Sanskrit University[2]
Profession:Politician & Lawyer

Rammurti Singh Verma (Hindi: राममूर्ति सिंह वर्मा; 29 July 1950 – 23 April 2021) was an Indian politician and a member of the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh in India.[1] [2] He represented the Dadraul constituency of Uttar Pradesh and was a member of the Samajwadi Party political party.[3] [4] He died in April 2021, aged 70.[5]

Early life and education

Rammurti Singh Verma was born in Shahjahanpur district in Lodhi community.[6] He attended the Sampurnanand Sanskrit University and attained Bachelor of Art degree.[1] [2] His son Rajesh Verma is a politician in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh.

Political career

Rammurti Singh Verma was a four time MLA—three times from Jalalabad seat and once from Dadraul. He also represented Shahjahanpur in Lok Sabha and was a member of the Samajwadi Party political party. He lost his seat in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election to Manvendra Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[7]

Controversy

See main article: Murder of Jagendra Singh. There was a probe against state minister Rammurti Singh Verma for the murder of journalist Jagendra Singh, who was allegedly set afire by the minister and five others on 1 June after which he died on 8 June during treatment. An FIR was registered against minister for Backward Classes Welfare Ram Murti Verma, Inspector (Chowk) Sri Prakash Rai, Gufran, Akash Gupta, Amit Pratap Singh and Bhure for killing Jagendra by setting him afire.The FIR was registered at Puwayan police station of Shahjahanpur, by the victim's son Raghvendra,after his father died during treatment at a hospital.[8]

Posts held

From To Position Comments
01 2012 2017
0219901991Deputy Minister, Social Welfare, Govt Of Uttar Pradesh
0319931995Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
0419941995Member, Committee on Public Undertakings, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
0519961996Elected to 11th Lok Sabha
0620012002Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term) (elected in bye-election)
0720022004Member, Committee on Home Affairs

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Member Profile. Legislative Assembly official website. 15 December 2015. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100019/http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/ENGLISH/pdfs/members_profile/136.pdf. live.
  2. News: Candidate affidavit. My neta.info. 15 December 2015. 22 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151222113154/http://myneta.info/up2012/candidate.php?candidate_id=2259. live.
  3. News: 2012 Election Results. Election Commission of India website. 15 December 2015. 8 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130508084526/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2012/Stats_Report_UP2012.pdf. live.
  4. News: All MLAs from constituency. elections.in. 15 December 2015. 21 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151221104840/http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/dadraul.html. live.
  5. Web site: Samajwadi Party leader and former UP minister Rammurti Singh Verma passes away. 24 April 2021. 24 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210424101847/https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2021/apr/23/samajwadi-party-leader-and-former-up-minister-rammurti-singh-verma-passes-away-2293797.html. live.
  6. Web site: Rammurti Singh Verma. Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. 25 July 2023. 25 July 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230725180849/https://upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in/member?memberId=19359. live.
  7. Web site: DADRAUL Election Result 2017, Winner, DADRAUL MLA, Uttar Pradesh. 23 March 2017. 23 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170323233158/http://www.ndtv.com/elections/uttar-pradesh/dadraul-mla-results. live.
  8. Web site: Journalist murder case: Police start probe against UP minister Ram Murti Verma. 12 June 2015. 10 June 2017. 23 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161223134033/http://www.firstpost.com/india/journalist-murder-case-police-start-probe-against-up-minister-ram-murti-verma-2293676.html. live.