Rammurti Singh Verma


Rammurti Singh Verma is an Indian politician and a member of the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh in India. He represents the Dadraul constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Samajwadi Party political party.

Early life and education

Rammurti Singh Verma was born in Shahjahanpur district. He attended the Sampurnanand Sanskrit University and attained Bachelor of Arts degree.

Political career

Rammurti Singh Verma has been a MLA for one term. He represented the Dadraul constituency and is a member of the Samajwadi Party political party.
He lost his seat in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election to Ramvendra Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Controversy

There was a probe against state minister Rammurti Singh Verma for the murder of a journalist. Journalist Jagendra Singh was allegedly set afire by minister and five others on 1 June after which he died on 8 June during treatment. An FIR was registered against minister for Backward Classes Welfare Ram Murti Verma, Inspector Sri Prakash Rai, Gufran, Akash Gupta, Amit Pratap Singh and Bhure for killing Jagendra by setting him afire.
The FIR was registered at Puwayan police station of Shahjahanpur by victim's son Raghvendra after his father died during treatment at a hospital.

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01March 2012March 2017Member, 16th Legislative Assembly