Vishnu Dayal Ram (V. D. Ram; born 23 July 1951) is a retired Indian Police Service officer and politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). A 1973-batch IPS officer, he twice served as Director General of Police of Jharkhand, and after retirement was elected to the Lok Sabha from Palamu in 2014, 2019 and 2024.
Vishnu Dayal Ram
V. D. Ram
23 Jul
Nainijor, Buxar District, Bihar, India
Politician (Lok Sabha MP, Palamu); Retired IPS Officer
Pushpa Dayal (m. 1976)
1973–present
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (since 2014)
Palamu, Jharkhand
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Married
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Ram joined the Indian Police Service in 1973 and held several district and range postings in Bihar, including as SSP of Patna. After Jharkhand was formed he rose to head the state police, serving as Director General of Police twice: from 1 July 2005 to 27 September 2006, and from 4 August 2007 to 13 January 2010. His Lok Sabha profile credits him with a leading role in anti-Naxal operations in the state.
After retiring he joined the BJP and won the Palamu (SC) seat in 2014, retaining it in 2019. In 2024 he completed a hat-trick with 7,70,362 votes, defeating RJD candidate Mamta Bhuiyan by 2,88,807 votes.
According to his Lok Sabha profile, he started a "Food for Life" programme for the underprivileged and promoted tourism in Shri Bansidhar Nagar (Nagar Untari) through the Bansidhar Mahotsav.
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