Ram Govind Chaudhary
1953–2026Eight-time Samajwadi Party MLA from Uttar Pradesh who served as Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly from 2017 to 2022.
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Ram Govind Chaudhary was an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh who served as a member of the state legislative assembly for eight terms, representing the Chilkahar and later Bansdih constituencies in Ballia district. A prominent socialist leader, he worked closely with Jayaprakash Narayan and Chandra Shekhar and was a close associate of Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav.
Born on 9 July 1953 in Gosaipur, Ballia, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Gorakhpur University in 1974 and an LLB from Lucknow University in 1982. He entered the assembly in 1977 and held ministerial portfolios including Horticulture and Food Processing under Mulayam Singh Yadav, and Child Development and Nutrition and Basic Education under both Mulayam Singh and Akhilesh Yadav.
From 2017 to 2022 he served as Leader of the Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly as the Samajwadi Party's leader. He died in Lucknow on 25 September 2026 at the age of 73 after a long illness involving heart and kidney ailments.
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