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{{short description|Indian politician}}
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'''Ram Lal Rahi''' (1 January 1934 &ndash; 10 December 2020) was a leader of [[Indian National Congress]] and a former Minister in the Union Government 1991-1996. He was the [[Minister of State for Home Affairs]] during the [[Rao ministry|Narasimha Rao government]] and was a four- time [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]] from [[Misrikh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mishrikh]] and a two time MLA from [[Hargaon (Assembly constituency)|Hargaon]] in [[Sitapur district]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/swachh-bharat-congress-ex-mp-takes-part-gets-party-notice/ | title= Swachh Bharat: Congress ex-MP takes part, gets party notice | date=27 December 2014 | newspaper=The Indian Express | first=Maulshree | last=Seth | accessdate=12 May 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Hargaon Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/hargaon-uttar-pradesh-assembly-constituency|access-date=2020-06-16|website=resultuniversity.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=नहीं रहे सियासी हवा का रुख भांपने वाले दिग्गज नेता रामलाल राही|url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/sitapur/the-leader-ramlal-rahi-died-sitapur-news-lko5541930163|access-date=2021-01-24|website=Amar Ujala|language=hi}}</ref>
'''Ram Lal Rahi''' (1 January 1934 &ndash; 10 December 2020) was a leader of [[Indian National Congress]] and a former Minister in the Union Government 1991-1996. He was the [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)#List_of_Ministers_of_State|Minister of State for Home Affairs]] during the [[Rao ministry|Narasimha Rao government]] and was a four- time [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]] from [[Misrikh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mishrikh]] and a two time MLA from [[Hargaon (Assembly constituency)|Hargaon]] in [[Sitapur district]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/swachh-bharat-congress-ex-mp-takes-part-gets-party-notice/ | title= Swachh Bharat: Congress ex-MP takes part, gets party notice | date=27 December 2014 | newspaper=The Indian Express | first=Maulshree | last=Seth | accessdate=12 May 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Hargaon Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/hargaon-uttar-pradesh-assembly-constituency|access-date=2020-06-16|website=resultuniversity.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=नहीं रहे सियासी हवा का रुख भांपने वाले दिग्गज नेता रामलाल राही|url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/sitapur/the-leader-ramlal-rahi-died-sitapur-news-lko5541930163|access-date=2021-01-24|website=Amar Ujala|language=hi}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
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== Politics ==
== Politics ==
He became [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Minister of State for Home Affairs]] during the [[Rao ministry|Narasimha Rao government]] and was a four-time [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]] from [[Misrikh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mishrikh]] and a two time MLA from [[Hargaon (Assembly constituency)|Hargaon]] in [[Sitapur district]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/swachh-bharat-congress-ex-mp-takes-part-gets-party-notice/ | title= Swachh Bharat: Congress ex-MP takes part, gets party notice | date=27 December 2014 | newspaper=The Indian Express | first=Maulshree | last=Seth | accessdate=12 May 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Hargaon Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/hargaon-uttar-pradesh-assembly-constituency|access-date=2020-06-16|website=resultuniversity.com}}</ref>
He became [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Minister of State for Home Affairs]] during the [[Rao ministry|Narasimha Rao government]] and was a four-time [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]] from [[Misrikh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mishrikh]] and a two time MLA from [[Hargaon (Assembly constituency)|Hargaon]] in [[Sitapur district]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/swachh-bharat-congress-ex-mp-takes-part-gets-party-notice/ | title= Swachh Bharat: Congress ex-MP takes part, gets party notice | date=27 December 2014 | newspaper=The Indian Express | first=Maulshree | last=Seth | accessdate=12 May 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Hargaon Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/hargaon-uttar-pradesh-assembly-constituency|access-date=2020-06-16|website=resultuniversity.com}}</ref> He left his party and unofficially joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] before Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election 2017 and later re-joined [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Service|first=Tribune News|title=Bhadana, Rahi join Cong in UP|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/archive/bhadana-rahi-join-cong-in-up-729105|access-date=2020-06-16|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
He left his party and unofficially joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] before Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election 2017 and later re-joined [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Service|first=Tribune News|title=Bhadana, Rahi join Cong in UP|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/archive/bhadana-rahi-join-cong-in-up-729105|access-date=2020-06-16|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en}}</ref>
   
   
His son [[Suresh Rahi]] is an MLA of [[Hargaon (assembly constituency)|Hargaon]] from [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (UPLA): Member info|url=http://www.upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in/member?memberId=20282|access-date=2020-06-16|website=www.upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in}}</ref>
His son [[Suresh Rahi]] is an MLA of [[Hargaon (assembly constituency)|Hargaon]] from [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (UPLA): Member info|url=http://www.upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in/member?memberId=20282|access-date=2020-06-16|website=www.upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in}}</ref>
 
== Death ==
== Death ==
Ramlal Rahi was admitted to the district hospital in sitapur after complaining of chest pain and breathing difficulty. He breathed his last around 5.30 pm on 10 December 2020 following a [[heart attack]], twenty two days short from his 87th birthday.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-10|title=Ram Lal Rahi Passes Away : कांग्रेस नेता और पूर्व मंत्री रामलाल राही का सीतापुर में निधन|url=https://www.naidunia.com/national-ram-lal-rahi-passes-away-congress-leader-and-former-minister-ramlal-rahi-died-in-sitapur-6603745|access-date=2021-01-24|website=Nai Dunia|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Veteran Congress leader Ram Lal Rahi dies at 86 in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur - The New Indian Express|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/dec/11/veteran-congress-leader-ram-lal-rahi-dies-at-86-in-uttar-pradeshs-sitapur-2234534.amp|access-date=2021-01-24|website=www.newindianexpress.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=कांग्रेस नेता और पूर्व केंद्रीय गृह राज्य मंत्री रामलाल राही का निधन|url=https://m.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/story-congress-leader-and-former-union-minister-of-state-for-home-ramlal-rahi-passed-away-in-sitapur-uttar-pradesh-3676753.amp.html&ved=0ahUKEwjJt8a9z7XuAhXI7HMBHf3YAlIQyM8BCDQwAQ&usg=AOvVaw3LjDgqJJp1gVs4fTb9OwZK&ampcf=1|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-24|website=www.google.com}}</ref>
Ramlal Rahi was admitted to the district hospital in Sitapur after complaining of chest pain and breathing difficulty. He died around 5:30 pm on 10 December 2020, of a [[heart attack]] and also testing positive for [[COVID-19]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India]]. He was 86 years old.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-10|title=Ram Lal Rahi Passes Away : कांग्रेस नेता और पूर्व मंत्री रामलाल राही का सीतापुर में निधन|url=https://www.naidunia.com/national-ram-lal-rahi-passes-away-congress-leader-and-former-minister-ramlal-rahi-died-in-sitapur-6603745|access-date=2021-01-24|website=Nai Dunia|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Veteran Congress leader Ram Lal Rahi dies at 86 in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur - The New Indian Express|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/Dec/11/veteran-congress-leader-ram-lal-rahi-dies-at-86-in-uttar-pradeshs-sitapur-2234534.html|access-date=2021-01-24|website=www.newindianexpress.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=कांग्रेस नेता और पूर्व केंद्रीय गृह राज्य मंत्री रामलाल राही का निधन|url=https://m.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/story-congress-leader-and-former-union-minister-of-state-for-home-ramlal-rahi-passed-away-in-sitapur-uttar-pradesh-3676753.amp.html&ved=0ahUKEwjJt8a9z7XuAhXI7HMBHf3YAlIQyM8BCDQwAQ&usg=AOvVaw3LjDgqJJp1gVs4fTb9OwZK&ampcf=1|access-date=2021-01-24|website=www.google.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/veteran-congress-leader-ram-lal-rahi-86-dies-at-up-hospital-after-a-heart-attack-3166064.html|title=Veteran Congress Leader Ram Lal Rahi, 86, Dies at UP Hospital After a Heart Attack|date=10 December 2020 }}</ref>


==References==
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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:6th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:India MPs 1977–1979]]
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Ram Lal Rahi (1 January 1934 – 10 December 2020) was a leader of Indian National Congress and a former Minister in the Union Government 1991-1996. He was the Minister of State for Home Affairs during the Narasimha Rao government and was a four- time MP from Mishrikh and a two time MLA from Hargaon in Sitapur district.[1][2][3]

Personal life[edit | edit source]

Born on 1 January 1934 into Pasi caste to Shri Dhodey at Vill. Dhakhara in Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh). He completed his high school from Raja Raghubar Dayal Inter College, Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh).[4]

Politics[edit | edit source]

He became Minister of State for Home Affairs during the Narasimha Rao government and was a four-time MP from Mishrikh and a two time MLA from Hargaon in Sitapur district.[5][6] He left his party and unofficially joined Bharatiya Janata Party before Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election 2017 and later re-joined Congress in 2019.[7]

His son Suresh Rahi is an MLA of Hargaon from BJP.[8]

Death[edit | edit source]

Ramlal Rahi was admitted to the district hospital in Sitapur after complaining of chest pain and breathing difficulty. He died around 5:30 pm on 10 December 2020, of a heart attack and also testing positive for COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in India. He was 86 years old.[9][10][11][12]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Seth, Maulshree (27 December 2014). "Swachh Bharat: Congress ex-MP takes part, gets party notice". The Indian Express. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  2. "Hargaon Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  3. "नहीं रहे सियासी हवा का रुख भांपने वाले दिग्गज नेता रामलाल राही". Amar Ujala (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  4. "Members Bioprofile". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  5. Seth, Maulshree (27 December 2014). "Swachh Bharat: Congress ex-MP takes part, gets party notice". The Indian Express. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  6. "Hargaon Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  7. Service, Tribune News. "Bhadana, Rahi join Cong in UP". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 16 June 2020.[permanent dead link]
  8. "Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (UPLA): Member info". www.upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  9. "Ram Lal Rahi Passes Away : कांग्रेस नेता और पूर्व मंत्री रामलाल राही का सीतापुर में निधन". Nai Dunia (in हिन्दी). 10 December 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  10. "Veteran Congress leader Ram Lal Rahi dies at 86 in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur - The New Indian Express". www.newindianexpress.com. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  11. "कांग्रेस नेता और पूर्व केंद्रीय गृह राज्य मंत्री रामलाल राही का निधन". www.google.com. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  12. "Veteran Congress Leader Ram Lal Rahi, 86, Dies at UP Hospital After a Heart Attack". 10 December 2020.