Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (UPLA): Leader of the Opposition

Shri Ram Govind Chaudhary

Hon'ble Leader of the Opposition

Personal Information
Political Information

Father Name	Late Shri Dwarika Choudhary
Spouse Name	Mrs. Kalawati Devi
Born	9 July, 1953
Religion	Hindu
Place of Birth	Gosaipur, District-Ballia
Children	One Son
Academic Qualification	Graduate, L.L.B.(Lucknow University)
Occupation	Advocate
Permanent Address	Village and Post- Gosairpur, District- Ballia.

1977, June	Elected to 7th Legislative Assembly (First Term)
1977-1980	Member, Estimate Committee
1980, May	Elected to 8th Legislative Assembly (Second Term)
1985, March	Elected to 9th Legislative Assembly (Third Term)
1985	Whip, Janata Party Legislature Party
1985-1986	Member, Joint Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes and Denotified Tribes
1989, November	Elected to 10th Legislative Assembly (Fourth Term)
1989-1990	Member, Joint Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes and Denotified Tribes
1990-91	Member, Question & Reference Committee
1990, December 1991, June	Minister, Horticulture and Food Processing (Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav Cabinet)
1991, May-June	Elected to 11th Legislative Assembly (Fifth Term)
2002, February	Elected to 14th Legislative Assembly (Sixth Term), Leader, Samajwadi Janata Party (National) Legislature Party
2002-2003	Member, Joint Committee on Public Undertakings and Corporations
2003, October - 2007, May	Minister, Child Development and Nutrition (Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav Cabinet)
2012, March	Elected to 16th Legislative Assembly (Seventh Term)
2012, March-2017, March	Minister, Child Development and Nutrition, Basic Education, Social Welfare and Panchayati Raj (Shri Akhilesh Yadav Cabinet)
2017, March	Elected to 17th legislative Assembly (Eighth Term)
Since 27 March, 2017	Leader of Opposition

Special Interest : Reading, Cultural Events, Social Service.

Foreign Visits : Quba, Russia (Moscow, Tashkent), Morocco etc.

Other Information : Member , Acharya Narendra Dev Shikshan Sansthan, Sanwara, Ballia( since 1979). Jailed for 19 Month in District Jail, Ballia & Barabanki in 1981 in DIR and for raising voice against student levy and development tax in 1972-73, 1974,1977 & 1978. At present 'Loktantra Senani.