Ram Kripal Yadav was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Patna (now Patna Sahib) constituency of Bihar in the 14th General Elections, 2004 by defeating C. P. Thakur of Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP). He was a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) political party. On 8 March 2014 Ramkripal Yadav resigned from his party post. Yadav, who wanted to contest from Pataliputra seat. On March 12 he joined BJP. He won the Patliputra Lok Sabha seat against Lalu Yadav's daughter Misa.