Ramapati Shastri

Ramapati Shastri
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
Incumbent
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	(1952-10-15) 15 October 1952 (age 72) Bishnoharpur, Gonda, Uttar Pradesh
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Mangala Devi (deceased)
Children	2
Residence(s)	Nawabganj, Gonda, Uttar Pradesh
Profession	Politician
Source: [1]

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

Early life and education

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]

Political career

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.

Posts held

#	From	To	Position	Comments	Ref
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]

See also

• Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

References

1. "MANKAPUR Election Result 2017, Winner, MANKAPUR MLA, Uttar Pradesh". NDTV.com.
2. Scroll Staff. "No question of banning the word 'Dalit', says Uttar Pradesh social welfare minister". Scroll.in. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
3. "Member Profile". Official website of Legislative assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
4. "रमापति शास्त्री, सातवीं बार जीते हैं चुनाव". Khas Khabar (in Hindi). 20 March 2017.
5. "UP governor administers oath of pro-tem speaker to BJP MLA Ramapati Shastri". The Economic Times.
6. "1996 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
7. "1993 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
8. "1991 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
9. "1989 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
10. "1977 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
11. "1974 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 16 September 2019.