Raja Ram Pal

Raja Ram Pal

Infobox_Indian_politician
name = Raja Ram Pal


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birth_date = Birth date and age|1960|11|20|df=y
birth_place = Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
residence = Kanpur
death_date =
death_place =
constituency = Bilhaur
office =
salary =
term =
predecessor =
successor =
party = BSP
religion =
spouse = R.K.Devi
children = 2 sons and 1 daughter
website =
email =
footnotes =
date = September 22
year = 2006 |
source = [http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=4105Parliament of India official biography]

Raja Ram Pal (born 20 November 1960) is an Indian politician with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). He won the 2004 Lok Sabha elections (April 2005) and was a Member of Parliament from Bilhaurcite web
url = http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=312
title = Official biography
publisher=Parliament of India records
accessdate=2007-03-28] , before being expelled on December 23, 2005, along with ten others, after the sting Operation Duryodhana. The expulsion is currently sub judice.

Bribes for Asking Questions in Parliament

In the sting Operation Duryodhanacite web
title= Operation Duryodhana
url = http://www.cobrapost.com/documents/one.htm
author = Aniruddha Bahal] by the Noida based media firm Cobrapost, aired
December 12, 2005 on the Indian Hindi news TV Channel
Aaj Tak, Raja Ram Pal was caughton video accepting bribes of Rs. 35,000 for fielding questions inparliament.

At one point, he says that the price of getting MPs to sign on to any petition is Rs. 25,000 per MP. He wants the money in advance; he underlines this with a colourful Hindi couplet::"sasta roye baar-baar, mehnga roye ek baar":(if you throw little money you will cry again and again, but if you throw big money you will cry only once).

Expulsion from Parliament

On December 23, 2005 he was expelled from the Lok Sabha following the adoption of a motion calling for the expulsion of all 11 MPs caught in the sting.

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