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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{about|the politician from Makrana|the politician from Jaisalmer|Rooparam}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Roopa Ram Muravatiya
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|15 November 1954}}<ref name="MemberProfile">{{cite web |title=Members Page |url=https://rajassembly.nic.in/MembersPage.asp?DivNo=151 |publisher=Rajasthan Legislative Assembly |access-date=7 January 2019}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Makrana]], India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office1 = Member of the Legislative Assembly
| constituency1 = [[Makrana]]
| term_start1 = {{start date|df=y|1993|12|10}}
| term_end1 = {{end date|df=y|1998|12|11}}
| predecessor1 = Birdaram [[Indian National Congress]]
| successor1 = Abdul Aziz [[Indian National Congress]]
| order1 = 9th
| office2 = Member of the Legislative Assembly
| term_start2 = {{start date|df=y|2018|12|13}}<ref name="Patrika">{{cite news |last1=Chhagnani |first1=Anuj |title=मकराना से रूपाराम मुरावतिया 1072 वोट से जीते |url=https://www.patrika.com/nagaur-news/win-by-1072-votes-from-makarana-to-ruparam-muravatia-3827027/ |access-date=17 March 2021 |work=Patrika News |date=11 December 2018 |language=hindi}}</ref>
| term_end2 =
| predecessor2 =[[Shreeram Bhincher]]
| successor2 =
| order2 = 15th
| constituency2 = [[Makrana]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| father =
| spouse = Sarju Devi
| children = 4
| occupation = Agriculture
}}
'''Roopa Ram''' (also known as '''Roopa Ram Muravatiya'''; born 15 November 1954)<ref name="MemberProfile"/> is an Indian politician from [[Rajasthan]] and a member of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref name="MemberProfile"/><ref name="MyNeta">{{cite web |title=Roopa Ram(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- MAKRANA(NAGAUR) – Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=http://www.myneta.info/rajasthan2018/candidate.php?candidate_id=4199 |website=www.myneta.info}}</ref> He is an elected [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly|Member of 15th Legislative Assembly]] of Rajasthan from [[Makrana]].<ref>{{cite news |title=मकराना से जीते रूपाराम मुरावतिया ने कहा कि भाजपा की |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/rajasthan/nagour/news/live-from-makrana-ruparam-muravatia-said-that-bjp39s-072635-3401536.html |access-date=17 March 2021 |work=Dainik Bhaskar |language=hi |date=12 December 2018}}</ref>

==Early life==
Roopa Ram was born in [[Makrana]] to Andaram Murawatiya.<ref name="MemberProfile"/> He passed higher secondary from Higher Secondary School of Makrana in 1975.<ref name="MyNeta"/> He was a state level [[soccer|football]] player and a member of ''City Club of Football'', Makrana and still plays football daily in Syed Kidwai Football Stadium [[Makrana]].<ref>{{cite news |title=50 साल से रोजाना फुटबॉल खेलते हैं मकराना के नव निर्वाचित विधायक रूपाराम मुरावतिया |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/rajasthan/nagour/news/makarana39s-newly-elected-mla-ruparam-muravatia-plays-football-for-50-years-072627-3401915.html |access-date=17 March 2021 |work=Dainik Bhaskar |date=12 December 2018 |language=hi}}</ref>

==Political career==
Roopa Ram was elected as [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|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.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} 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.<ref name="Patrika"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Makrana Assembly constituency (Rajasthan): Full details, live and past results |url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2018/rajasthan/makrana-election-result-s20a113/ |access-date=2 December 2019 |work=News18}}</ref>

===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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Choudhary |first1=Shyam |title=वीडियो : मकराना विधायक रूपाराम ने विधानसभा में किया तेजा गायन, बताई महिमा |url=https://www.patrika.com/nagaur-news/video-makrana-mla-ruparam-sang-teja-gayan-in-the-assembly-4014256/ |access-date=17 March 2021 |work=Patrika News |date=21 January 2019 |language=hindi}}</ref> He has also raised the issue of filling illegal VCR by electricity department in Makrana.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Automation |first1=Bhaskar |title=विधायक ने लगाया गैर कानूनी रूप से वीसीआर भरने का आरोप |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/rajasthan/nagour/news/rajasthan-news-mla-accused-of-filling-vcr-illegally-101505-5127354.html |access-date=17 March 2021 |work=Dainik Bhaskar |date=30 July 2019 |language=hi}}</ref>

On 15 February 2021, commenting on [[Rahul Gandhi]] after a massive farmer's rally held on 13 February 2021 in [[Makrana]], Ram alleged the Rajasthan Government of using system machinery for crowd. Ram also commented that Gandhi converts all marble businessmen to farmers, like he converts ''potato to gold''.<ref name="Feb2021">{{cite news |title=Uproar in House after minister calls BJP MLA 'joker' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/uproar-in-house-after-minister-calls-bjp-mla-joker/articleshow/80936574.cms |access-date=16 February 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=16 February 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=राज्यपाल के अभिभाषण पर बहस के दौरान राहुल गांधी पर हुई टिप्पणियों से हंगामा |url=https://royalbulletin.in/national-news/uproar-over-comments-made-on-rahul-gandhi-during-the-debate/cid2187789.htm |access-date=16 February 2021 |work=royalbulletin.in |date=15 February 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=राहुल गांधी को लेकर विपक्ष ने की टिप्पणियां |url=https://www.dainiknavajyoti.net/rajasthan/congress-ruckus-in-assembly.html |access-date=16 February 2021 |work=www.dainiknavajyoti.net |date=16 February 2021 |language=hindi}}</ref> This caused an uproar in the house and prompted the Education Minister Govind Singh Dorasra to call Ram a 'joker'. All the comments were later deleted from the House Records of Rajathan Assembly after being contested by the Congress members.<ref name="Feb2021"/>

==Personal life==
He is married to Sarju Devi. They have two sons and two daughters.<ref name="MemberProfile"/>

==References==
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[[Category:1954 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Rajasthan]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian politicians]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian politicians]]

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