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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Gopal Rai<br />
| image = Gopal Rai PC (cropped).jpg<br />
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| caption = Rai during a press conference in 2020.<br />
| office3 = <br />
| 2blankname3 = Ministry<br />
| 2namedata3 = Transport<br />
| term_start3 = 14 February 2015<br />
| term_end3 = 14 June 2016<br />
| chief_minister3 = [[Arvind Kejriwal]]<br />
| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister<br />
| 1namedata2 = [[Arvind Kejriwal]]<br />
| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister<br />
| 1namedata3 = [[Arvind Kejriwal]]<br />
| predecessor3 = [[President's Rule]]<br />
| lieutenant_governor2 = [[Najeeb Jung]]<br/>[[Anil Baijal]]<br />
| lieutenant_governor3 = [[Najeeb Jung]]<br />
| successor3 = [[Kailash Gahlot]]<br />
| office2 = [[Cabinet Minister]], [[Government of Delhi]]<br />
| 2blankname2 = Ministry<br />
| 2namedata2 = Environment, Forest & Wildlife, Development and General Administration<br />
| term_start2 = 14 February 2015<br />
| term_end2 = <br />
| chief_minister2 = [[Arvind Kejriwal]]<br />
| predecessor2 = [[President's Rule]]<br />
| successor2 = <br />
| office4 = [[Delhi Legislative Assembly|Member of Delhi Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| constituency4 = [[Babarpur (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Babarpur]]<br />
| assembly4 = <br />
| term_start4 = 14 February 2015<br />
| term_end4 = <br />
| predecessor4 = [[Naresh Gaur]]<br />
| successor4 = <br />
| birth_date = 10 May 1975 (age 46)<br />
| birth_place = [[Mau, Uttar Pradesh|Mau]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]<br />
| party = [[Aam Aadmi Party]] <br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| alma_mater = [[Lucknow University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])<br />
}}<br />
'''Gopal Rai''' is the Minister for Environment, Forest & Wildlife, Development and General Administration in Government of Delhi under the leadership of [[Delhi Chief Minister]] [[Arvind Kejriwal]]. He is also [[social activist]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/political-leaders/gopal-rai.html|title=Gopal-rai Kumar Biography - About family, political life, awards won, history}}</ref> and a member of the Political Affairs Committee of the [[Aam Aadmi Party]].<br />
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==Background and education==<br />
Gopal Rai is a Post-graduate in Sociology from Lucknow University, 1998.<ref name=myneta>{{cite web|title=Delhi 2013|url=http://myneta.info/delhi2013/candidate.php?candidate_id=17|work=myneta.info|access-date=12 April 2014}}</ref> 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.<ref><br />
*{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/photos-news/Photos-India/TeamKejriwal/Article4-948044.aspx |title=Gopal Rai &#124; Team Kejriwal &#124; Photos India |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=2013-03-23 |access-date=2013-06-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130824080556/http://www.hindustantimes.com/photos-news/Photos-India/TeamKejriwal/Article4-948044.aspx |archive-date=24 August 2013 |df=dmy-all }}<br />
*{{cite web|author=Danish Raza |url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/kejriwals-a-team-the-whos-who-of-the-aam-aadmi-party-535873.html |title=Kejriwal's A-Team: The who's who of the Aam Aadmi Party |date=26 November 2012 |publisher=Firstpost |access-date=2013-06-13}}</ref> He is a member of the National Executive of the [[Aam Aadmi party]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Gargi Parsai |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kejriwals-party-named-aam-admi-party/article4130042.ece |title=Team Kejriwal is now "Aam Aadmi Party" |work=The Hindu |date=2012-11-24 |access-date=2013-06-13}}</ref><br />
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==Political career==<br />
Rai began his career with [[All India Students Association]] in Lucknow University in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|title=Know who is AAP leader Gopal Rai who was publicly rebuked by Anna Hazare|date = 13 December 2013|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/know-who-is-aap-leader-gopal-rai-publicly-rebuked-by-anna-hazare-13873.html?page=10|publisher=India TV|access-date=14 April 2014}}</ref> He is partially paralyzed as he was shot during his student days in Lucknow. He and two other member lead "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.<ref><br />
*{{cite news|url=http://news.oneindia.in/india/pics-main-bhi-aam-aadmi-aap-drive-to-hunt-honest-candidates-1371260.html#infinite-scroll-1|title='Main bhi Aam Aadmi', AAP's drive to hunt honest candidates|publisher=One India |date=6 January 2014}}<br />
*{{cite news|title=More than 50 lakh members enrolled with AAP, claims Gopal Rai|url=https://in.news.yahoo.com/more-50-lakh-members-enrolled-aap-claims-gopal-150951498.html|access-date=12 April 2014|date=22 January 2014}}</ref><br />
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Rai lost the election from the Babarpur constituency got 25723 votes and stood in 3rd place in the [[2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseU0567.htm?ac=67 |title=Constituencywise Result Status |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=2013-12-08}}</ref> He was elected as MLA from Babarpur constituency in Delhi Legislative election, 2015 on 10th Feb and got the ministry of Transport and Labour.<br />
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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.<ref>*{{cite news|title=General VK Singh and AAP leader Gopal Rai lock horns at Anna Hazare's fast in Ralegan Siddhi|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-general-vk-singh-and-aap-leader-gopal-rai-lock-horns-at-anna-hazares-fast-in-ralegan-siddhi-1934517|access-date=12 April 2014|newspaper=DNA|date=13 December 2013}}<br />
*{{cite web|title=Anna asks AAP leader Gopal Rai to leave fast venue|url=http://news.in.msn.com/national/anna-asks-aap-leader-gopal-rai-to-leave-fast-venue|work=news.in.msn.com|publisher=MSN News|access-date=12 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229091032/http://news.in.msn.com/national/anna-asks-aap-leader-gopal-rai-to-leave-fast-venue|archive-date=29 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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