Ramapati Shastri | |
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Minister of Social Welfare, SC/ST Welfare Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
In office 19 March 2017 –25 March 2022 | |
Chief Minister | Yogi Adityanath |
Succeeded by | Asim Arun |
In office 24 June 1991 –6 December 1992 | |
Chief Minister | Kalyan Singh |
Minister of Health &Family Welfare Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
In office 23 March 1997 –8 March 2002 | |
Chief Minister | Mayawati Kalyan Singh |
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office 2017 | |
Preceded by | Babulal |
Constituency | Manakpur |
In office 1989–2002 | |
Preceded by | Babulal |
Succeeded by | Babulal |
Constituency | Dixir |
In office 1974–1980 | |
Succeeded by | Babulal |
Constituency | Dixir |
Personal details | |
Born | Bishnoharpur,Gonda,Uttar Pradesh | 15 October 1952
Nationality | Indian |
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Spouse | Mangala Devi (deceased) |
Children | 2 |
Residence(s) | Nawabganj,Gonda,Uttar Pradesh |
Profession | Politician |
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Ramapati Shastri is an Indian politician and a member of the 6th,7th,10th,11th,12th,13th,and 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. Currently,he is serving as Cabinet Minister of Social Welfare and Minister of SC &ST Welfare in the Yogi Adityanath government. He represents the Mankapur (Assembly constituency) in Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. [1] He is also elected as Protem Speaker of 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Shastri was born on 15 October 1952 in Bishnoharpur village of the Gonda district to his father Ram Laut who belongs to tanbina gotra of Kori/koli caste. [2] [3] He married Lt. Mangla Devi,with whom he has one son and one daughter. [3] He passed high school and intermediate examination from Gandhi Inter College,Nawabganj. In 1984,he received the degree of Shastri from Sampurnanand Sanskrit University,Varanasi. [4]
Shastri has been MLA for seven strength terms. In 1974,his first election,he became an MLA on the Jan Sangh ticket from the Dixir reserved seat. He lost the elections to the Babulal of Congress in 1980 and 1985. In 1989,he became MLA from BJP for the third time. Fourth time after winning elections in Ramlahar in 1991,he was made a cabinet minister in Kalyan Singh's government. During this tenure,he held the Ministry of Social Welfare and Revenue Department. The fifth time he again won the election in 1993 from Diksir. In 1996,after winning for the sixth time he was again appointed Cabinet Minister for Medical Health and Family Welfare Department in the BJP government. In the 2002 election,he lost to SP's Babulal. During this time,the BJP made him the National President of the Scheduled Castes Morcha. In the 2007 election,he lost to Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Ramesh Gautam. [4]
In 2012,the Dixir assembly seat came out of the reservation in the name of Tarabganj. This time Shastri contested from Balrampur Sadar and secured the seat,but lost. [4] Since 2017,he has represented the Mankapur (Assembly constituency) in the Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bhartiya Janta Party. In the 2017 elections,he defeated his nearest rival Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Ramesh Chandra Gautam by a record margin of 60,161 votes.
# | From | To | Position | Comments | Ref |
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11 | March 2022 | March 2022 | Pro tem speaker,Uttar Pradesh Assembly | Yogi Adityanath Cabinet | [5] |
10 | March 2017 | Incumbent | Cabinet Minister in Government of Uttar Pradesh | Yogi Adityanath Cabinet | |
09 | March 2017 | Incumbent | Member,17th Legislative Assembly | 7th term | |
08 | October 1996 | March 2002 | Member,13th Legislative Assembly | 6th term | [6] |
07 | September 1997 | November 1999 | Cabinet Minister in Government of Uttar Pradesh | Kalyan Singh Cabinet | |
06 | December 1993 | October 1995 | Member,12th Legislative Assembly | 5th term | [7] |
05 | June 1991 | December 1992 | Member,11th Legislative Assembly | 4th term | [8] |
04 | June 1991 | December 1992 | Cabinet Minister in Government of Uttar Pradesh | Kalyan Singh Cabinet | |
03 | December 1989 | April 1991 | Member,10th Legislative Assembly | 3rd term | [9] |
02 | June 1977 | February 1980 | Member,7th Legislative Assembly | 2nd term | [10] |
01 | March 1974 | April 1977 | Member,6th Legislative Assembly | 1st term | [11] |
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