Purnmasi Ram (born 5 January 1950) is an Indian politician. He was elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly consecutively five times from 1990. In 2009, he was elected a member of parliament to the 15th Lok Sabha. [1]
In November 2019, he joined forces with IAS officer Gulrez Hoda to launch a new political party Jan Sangharsh Dal, which seeks to represent Dalits and Muslims in Bihar. [2]
Ram was born on 5 January 1950 to father Mohar Ram and mother Chinegee Devi in Naraipur village, in West Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar. Ram attended Vidyapeeth school in Deoghar, Jharkhand, and completed matriculation from the school. [3]
Ram was elected to Bihar Vidhan Sabha five times in a row, first in 1990. During his first term, 1990–1995, he was a Minister of State, and a Cabinet Minister for terms from 1995 to 2005 and 2005 to 2009, as a Chairman of Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. In 2009, he was elected a member of parliament and was a member of the Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution. [3]
Ram married Kanti Devi on 1 January 1968. They have two sons named Ajay and Vijay and four daughters. [3]
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