Ramesh Chand Bind

Ramesh Chand Bind (born 7 March 1974) is an Indian politician. He was elected to the 17th Lok Sabha in the 2019 Indian general election on a Bharatiya Janta Party ticket from Bhadohi Lok Sabha constituency.^[1]

Ramesh Chand Bind
Member of the India Parliament for Bhadohi
In office 24 May 2019 – June 2024
Preceded by	Virendra Singh Mast
Succeeded by	Vinod Kumar Bind
Constituency	Bhadohi
Personal details
Born	Ramesh Chand Bind (1974-03-07) 7 March 1974 (age 51) Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party	Samajwadi Party
Other political affiliations	Bharatiya Janata Party (till 2024) Bahujan Samaj Party
Spouse	Samudra Bind
Children	3
Residence(s)	Itwa, Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh
Education	B. A. M. S.

Early life

Bind was born on 7 March 1974 to Ram Chander and Chhabiya Devi in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh.^[2] He is married to Samudra Bind, with whom he has two daughters and a son.^[3] He lives in Itwa village in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh. As per his election affidavit, he is qualified up to High School from S.A.B.H.S. School, Chandaipur, Mirzapur in 1988.^[3] However, his official profile states that he has the educational qualification of Bachelor of Ayurveda, Medicine and Surgery degree.^[1]

Controversies

During the 2019 Indian general election, an alleged video went viral on social media in which Bind is being heard delivering a provocative speech against the upper caste Brahmin community.^[4] Bind was also being heard of selectively thrashing Brahmin community members wearing janeu and burning down a police station.^[5] A case of hurting religious sentiment and promoting enmity between different groups was registered against him.^[4] Bind, however, stated that the video was fake.^[6]