Shri Vikal was weighed by farmers with silver (2 maunds and 17 seers) on 26 January 1963 which was donated to Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru for National Defence. He was instrumental in opening 100 primary schools, several Intermediate and Degree colleges in his constituency, Agricultural Universities in Faizabad and Kanpur and Medical college at Meerut. He played main role in setting up a Fertilizer Factory at Phulpur, Allahabad. It was due to his efforts that Shahadara-Sharanpur meter-gauge line was converted into broad-gauge line. Shri Vikal was Member of Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh from 1952 to 1971 and the Member of Parliament of Fifth Lok Sabha. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha from April, 1984 to 1990. During the leaderships of Smt. Indira Gandhi, Shri Rajiv Gandhi and Shri P.V. Narsingh Rao, he was the member of Working Committee of AICC from 1977 to 1991. Shri Vikal was the Founder and President of Kisan Mazdoor Party, 1967 and President of All India Backward Classes Cell of Congress since 1967. He was Vice-President of Congress Committee of Uttar Pradesh in 1972. He was the Chairman of Assurance Committee, U.P. Legislative Assembly in 1970–71. He was also the Chairman of State Farm Corporation of India from March, 1982 to 1984. Shri Vikal was the Member of Zila Parishad, Bullandshahar in 1948. He was also the Member of AICC from 1958 to 1971. He had been the Member of Estimates Committee of U.P. Assembly for two years. He was the Member of Standing Committee of Irrigation and Power and Finance. He was at the Panel of Chairmen, U.P. Legislative Assembly from 1969 to 1970. He was Member of Business Advisory Committee, Rajya Sabha from 1984 to 1985. He was elected Leader of S.V.D. and Leader of Opposition, U.P. Legislative Assembly, 1967. He held the office of Minister of Forests and Animal Husbandry, Excise, Jail and Fisheries, Agriculture, Irrigation. He was the Chairman of all India Kisan Congress. Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh In 1967, after differences in the Congress, he joined Chaudhary Charan Singh and Charan Singh made him the Deputy Chief Minister, he was the Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 1967 to 1969. References External links https://vikalsocialwelfare.com/ https://www.facebook.com/ramchandravikalu.p 2011 deaths 1916 births India MPs 1971–1977 People from Ghaziabad district, India Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh Leaders of the Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh