Roopa Ram

Roopa Ram (also known as Roopa Ram Muravatiya; born 15 November 1954) is an Indian politician from Rajasthan and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He is an elected Member of 15th Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan from Makrana.

Roopa Ram was born in Makrana to Andaram Murawatiya. He passed higher secondary from Higher Secondary School of Makrana in 1975. He was a state level football player and a member of City Club of Football, Makrana and still plays football daily in Syed Kidwai Football Stadium Makrana.

Roopa Ram was elected as Member of Legislative Assembly from Makrana constituency in 1993 as a Non Partisan and defeated Indian National Congress candidate Abdul Aziz, former Minister of State, Government of Rajasthan by 4,931 votes and secured 30,400 votes. In 1998, he contested Bhartiya Janta Party candidate but was not able to secure his seat and got only 24,912 votes and Abdul Aziz won that election by 19951 votes. After that he retired from politics for 20 years. In 2018, he was again active in politics and contested as candidate of Bhartiya Janta Party from Makrana Assembly, and defeated Zakir Hussain Gesawat by a narrow margin of 1,072 votes.

In Rajasthan Assembly

Murawatiya often raises issues of Makrana locality and the state in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. He had sung folk song "Teja gayan" in the assembly. He has also raised the issue of filling illegal VCR by electricity department in Makrana.

He is married to Sarju Devi. They have two sons and two daughters.