
Gopal Rai is an Indian politician and the Aam Aadmi Party MLA for Babarpur, a seat he has held since February 2015 and retained in 2025. He was a minister in the Delhi government under Arvind Kejriwal from February 2015, holding Environment, Forests and Wildlife, Development and General Administration, and briefly Transport; the Aam Aadmi Party left office in Delhi in February 2025. He is also a social activist and a member of the Political Affairs Committee of the Aam Aadmi Party.
About Gopal Rai Ji
Gopal Rai is a Post-graduate in Sociology from Lucknow University, 1998.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. He is a member of the National Executive of the Aam Aadmi party
Rai began his career with All India Students Association in Lucknow University in 1992.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
Offices and terms on this page were last verified in September 2026 against publicly available records. Earlier versions described ministerial posts that have since ended.
Delhi in the Lok Sabha today
This profile was published on India Vote Kar in July 2016 and describes Gopal Rai as it stood then. Delhi returns 7 members to the 18th Lok Sabha, elected in 2024:
- Chandni Chowk — Praveen Khandelwal, Bharatiya Janata Party
- North East Delhi — Manoj Tiwari, Bharatiya Janata Party
- East Delhi — Harsh Malhotra, Bharatiya Janata Party
- New Delhi — Bansuri Swaraj, Bharatiya Janata Party
- North West Delhi — Yogender Chandoliya, Bharatiya Janata Party
- West Delhi — Kamaljeet Sehrawat, Bharatiya Janata Party
- South Delhi — Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, Bharatiya Janata Party
