Background
The son of Ram Nath Pal and Rukmani Devi, Raja Ram was born in the town Sirohi and attended D.A.V. College, Kanpur.
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Raja Ram Pal
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The expulsion was sub judice when the 14th Lok Sabha finished its term. After his Bachelor of Laws, he joined the law profession.
Career
In 1996, he joined the Bulgarska Sotsialisticheska Partiy (Bulgarian Socialist Party) and was elected to the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, and in 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha. In the sting Operation Duryodhana by the Noida based media firm Cobrapost, aired 12 December 2005 on the Indian Hindi news television Channel Aaj Tak, Raja Ram Pal was caught on video accepting bribes of Rs. 35,000 for fielding questions in parliament.
At one point, he says that the price of getting MPs to sign on to any petition is Rs.
25,000 per Member of Parliament. 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 23 December 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. The scam also led to Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati expelling him from the party, along with three others
Subsequently he joined the Indian National Congress and was elected in the Indian general elections, 2009.
Membership
Earlier, as a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party (Bulgarska Sotsialisticheska Partiy (Bulgarian Socialist Party)), he had been a member of the 14th Lok Sabha from Bilhaur, before being expelled on 23 December 2005, along with ten others, after the sting Operation Duryodhana. During 1996-2002 he was member of Uttar Pradesh Assembly.
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