Roopa Ram

Roopa Ram (also known as Roopa Ram Muravatiya; born 15 November 1954)[2] is an Indian politician from Rajasthan and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.[2][3] He is an elected Member of 15th Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan from Makrana.[4]

This article is about the politician from Makrana. For the politician from Jaisalmer, see Rooparam.

Roopa Ram Muravatiya
9th Member of the Legislative Assembly
In office
10 December 1993 (1993-12-10) – 11 December 1998 (1998-12-11)
Preceded byBirdaram Indian National Congress
Succeeded byAbdul Aziz Indian National Congress
ConstituencyMakrana
15th Member of the Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
13 December 2018 (2018-12-13)[1]
Preceded byShreeram Bhincher
ConstituencyMakrana
Personal details
Born15 November 1954 (1954-11-15) (age 65)[2]
Makrana, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)Sarju Devi
Children4
FatherAndaram Murawatiya
OccupationAgriculture

Early life

Roopa Ram was born in Makrana to Andaram Murawatiya.[2] He passed higher secondary from Higher Secondary School of Makrana in 1975.[3] He was a state level football player and a member of City Club of Football, Makrana and still plays football daily in Syed Kidwai Football Stadium Makrana.[5]

Political career

Roopa Ram was elected as Member of Legislative Assembly from Makrana constituency in 1993 as a Non Partisan and defeated Indian National Congress candidate Abdul Aziz, former Minister of State, Government of Rajasthan by 4,931 votes and secured 30,400 votes. In 1998, he contested Bhartiya Janta Party candidate but was not able to secure his seat and got only 24,912 votes and Abdul Aziz won that election by 19951 votes. After that he retired from politics for 20 years. In 2018, he was again active in politics and contested as candidate of Bhartiya Janta Party from Makrana Assembly, and defeated Zakir Hussain Gesawat by a narrow margin of 1,072 votes.[1][6]

In Rajasthan Assembly

Murawatiya often raises issues of Makrana locality and the state in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. He had sung folk song "Teja gayan" in the assembly.[7] He has also raised the issue of filling illegal VCR by electricity department in Makrana.[8]

Personal life

He is married to Sarju Devi. They have two sons and two daughters.[2]

References
  1. "मकराना से रूपाराम मुरावतिया 1072 वोट से जीते". www.patrika.com (in Hindi).
  2. "Members Page". Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  3. "Roopa Ram(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- MAKRANA(NAGAUR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". www.myneta.info.
  4. Automation, Bhaskar (12 December 2018). "मकराना से जीते रूपाराम मुरावतिया ने कहा कि भाजपा की". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi).
  5. Automation, Bhaskar (12 December 2018). "50 साल से रोजाना फुटबॉल खेलते हैं मकराना के नव निर्वाचित विधायक रूपाराम मुरावतिया". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi).
  6. "Makrana Assembly constituency (Rajasthan): Full details, live and past results". News18. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  7. "वीडियो : मकराना विधायक रूपाराम ने विधानसभा में किया तेजा गायन, बताई महिमा". www.patrika.com (in Hindi).
  8. Automation, Bhaskar (30 July 2019). "विधायक ने लगाया गैर कानूनी रूप से वीसीआर भरने का आरोप". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi).
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