Delhi’s environment minister Gopal Rai will contest the upcoming Assembly elections from the Babarpur constituency in North Shahdara. A two-time winner from Babarpur, Mr Rai secured victory in 2020 against BJP’s Naresh Gaur by over 33,000 votes. Mr Rai is also the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Delhi Convenor.<\/p>\n
Here are 5 things to know about Gopal Rai:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1) Born on May 10, 1975 in Uttar Pradesh’s Mau, Gopal Rai holds a Master’s degree in Sociology from Lucknow University. He graduated in 1988.\u00a0<\/p>\n 2) Before entering politics, he was a social activist. At Lucknow University. Gopal Rai actively campaigned against corruption and crime on campus. At the time, he was also shot at, sustaining serious injuries.<\/p>\n 3) A fiery orator, Gopal Rai gained prominence during Anna Hazare’s anti-corruption movement. His association with Arvind Kejriwal dates back to the days of the India Against Corruption (IAC) movement. After AAP’s formation in November 2012, he played a big role in establishing the party’s grassroots network.<\/p>\n 4) In 2016, Mr Rai, the then transport minister of Delhi, resigned from his position after being accused of indulging in corrupt practices while implementing the government’s app-based premium bus service scheme. The AAP leader cited his health concerns as the reason for resignation.<\/p>\n 5) In May 2017, Gopal Rai was appointed AAP Convenor in Delhi. He is currently a minister in the Delhi government, overseeing rural development, environment, forests, and wildlife.<\/p>\n\n \u200bGopal Rai will contest the upcoming assembly elections from the Babarpur constituency in North Shahdara\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Delhi’s environment minister Gopal Rai will contest the upcoming Assembly elections from the Babarpur constituency in North Shahdara.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":13224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}