Member's Name: Yadav, Prof. Ram Gopal
Constituency: Uttar Pradesh

Ram Gopal Yadav
Born/Date of Birthday: 29 June 1946
Place of Birth: Village Saifai, Distt. Etawah, Uttar Pradesh
Political party: Samajwadi Party
Educational Qualification: M.Sc. (Physics), M.A. (Political Science), Ph.D. Educated at Agra University, Agra and Kanpur University, Kanpur
Profession: Teacher and Educationist

Marital Status: Married on 4 May 1962
Spouse's Name: Late Shrimati Phoolan Devi​(m. 1962; died 2010)​
Children: Two sons and one daughter
Parents: Late Shri Bachchi Lal, Late Shrimati Phoolwati
Relations: Mulayam Singh Yadav (cousin), Shivpal Singh Yadav (cousin), Akhilesh Yadav (nephew), Dharmendra Yadav (nephew), Tej Pratap Singh Yadav (grand-nephew)
Permanent Address: Vill. & Post - Saifai, Distt.-Etawah, Uttar Pradesh. 206301 Tel.- {05688} 276666, 263986, Mobile: 9412284466, 9717474607

Ram Gopal Yadav (born 29 June 1946) is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh. He is the Secretary-General of the Samajwadi Party and the Member of Parliament (MP) in Rajya Sabha, since 2008. Yadav also served as Lok Sabha MP of Sambhal from 2004 to 2008.

On 23 October 2016, he was expelled from the party by Shivpal Singh Yadav, the state president of Samajwadi Party. He was accepted later in the party. On 30 December 2016, Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav, who was also his cousin, expelled him from the party again for six years, but on the following day the expulsion was revoked by the party on constitutional grounds.

Early life

Ram Gopal Yadav was born on 29 June 1946 in Saifai village, Etawah district, Uttar Pradesh to Bachchi Lal Yadav and Phool Wati. He had a sister Geeta Devi, who died in August 2021.

Family

Ram Gopal Yadav is the cousin of Ratan Singh Yadav, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Abhay Ram Yadav, Rajpal Singh Yadav and Shivpal Singh Yadav. Kamla Devi Yadav is his cousin sister.

Arvind Pratap who has served as MLC in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council is the nephew of Ram Gopal Yadav (through his sister Geeta).

Personal life

On 4 May 1962, Ram Gopal Yadav married Phoolan Devi and the couple had 1 daughter and 3 sons including Akshay Yadav. Phoolan Devi died in August 2010.

One of his son, Asit Yadav (Billu Yadav), died in a road accident in 1999. Later Billu's wife Abhilasha Yadav married Anurag Yadav (brother of Dharmendra Yadav) in 2004.

Books

• Lohia Ka Samajwad
• Sansad Main Meri Baat