Gopal Rai

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Gopal Rai (born 10 May 1975) is an Indian politician from Delhi. He served as the Minister for Environment, Forest & Wildlife, Development and General Administration in Government of Delhi under former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. He is also social activist,[1] member of Legislative Assembly from Babarpur (Delhi Assembly constituency) and a member of the Political Affairs Committee of the Aam Aadmi Party.[2]

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Gopal Rai
CabinetKejriwal ministry - III
Cabinet Minister, Government of Delhi
In office
14 February 2015  8 February 2020
Lieutenant GovernorNajeeb Jung, Anil Baijal, Vinai Kumar Saxena
Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal
Ministry and Departments
  • Environment Forest
  • Wildlife
  • Development
  • General Administration
Preceded byPresident's Rule
Succeeded byKapil Mishra
In office
14 February 2015  14 June 2016
Lieutenant GovernorNajeeb Jung
Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal
Ministry and Departments
  • Transport
Preceded byPresident's Rule
Succeeded byKailash Gahlot
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
14 February 2015
Preceded byNaresh Gaur
ConstituencyBabarpur
Personal details
Born (1975-05-10) 10 May 1975 (age 49)
Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyAam Aadmi Party
Alma materLucknow University (Master of Arts)
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Background and education

Rai is a Post-graduate in Sociology from Lucknow University, 1998.[3] He began his career with the All India Students Association, the student wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, in Lucknow University in 1992.[4] He is a member of the National Executive of the Aam Aadmi Party.[5]

Political career

Rai began his career with All India Students Association in Lucknow University in 1992.[6] He is partially paralyzed as he was shot at during his student days in Lucknow. He and two other members led the "mein bhi aam aadmi" campaign, which started on 10 January and continued till 26 January 2014, for handling fund collection, association, and management of other political groups.[7]

He lost the election from the Babarpur constituency, got 25723 votes and stood in 3rd place in the 2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election.[8] He won from Babarpur Assembly constituency in the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election on 10 February 2015 and became the transport and labour minister.

On 13 December 2013, the fourth day of Anna Hazare's indefinite hunger strike for passage of Jan Lokpal bill in Ralegaon Siddhi, a verbal spat between VK Singh and Gopal Rai took place, forcing Anna to ask Rai to leave Ralegaon.[9][10]

Electoral performance

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Delhi Assembly elections, 2013: Babarpur[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Naresh Gaur 34,180 29.73 −5.37
INC Zakir Khan 29,673 25.81 2.05
AAP Gopal Rai 25,723 22.37
PECP Furkhan 10,017 8.71
SP Sunil Vasisht 5,924 5.15 +4.79
BSP Bhure Khan 5,019 4.37 −26.53
Independent Shagufta Rani 2,744 2.39
CPI Absaar Ahmed 794 0.69
NOTA None of the Above 460 0.40
Majority 4,507 3.92 −0.28
Turnout 1,14,978 65.89
BJP hold Swing -5.37
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Delhi Assembly elections, 2015: Babarpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Gopal Rai 76,179 59.14 +36.77
BJP Naresh Gaur 40,908 31.76 +2.03
INC Zakir Khan 9,952 7.73 −18.08
BSP Mohd. Abdul Haq 765 0.59 −3.78
NOTA None of the Above 290 0.23 −0.17
Majority 35,271 27.38 +23.46
Turnout 1,28,870 66.99 +1.10
AAP gain from BJP Swing +29.41
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Delhi Assembly elections, 2025: Babarpur[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Gopal Rai 76,192 53.20 Decrease6.19
BJP Anil vashishth 57,198 39.9 Increase3.67
INC Mohammad Ishraque 8,797 6.1 Increase2.51
NOTA None of the Above 474 0.2
Majority 18,994 13.3 Decrease9.86
Turnout 1,42,770 66.2 Increase0.43
AAP hold Swing
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2020

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Delhi Assembly elections, 2020: Babarpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Gopal Rai 84,776 59.39 +0.25
BJP Naresh Gaur 51,714 36.23 +4.47
INC Anveeksha Jain 5,131 3.59 −4.14
NOTA None of the Above 330 0.23
BSP Dharm Singh 211 0.15 −0.44
NCP Zahid Ali 150 0.11
Majority 33,062 23.16 −4.22
Turnout 1,42,872 65.77 −1.22
AAP hold Swing +0.25
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