Rati Lal Prasad Verma
R.L.P. Verma (1 February 1938 – 15 January 2004) was a former member of Lok Sabha and a leader of Bhartiya Janata Party. He was elected to Lok Sabha from Kodarma in Jharkhand state in India for five terms. He was born to an agrarian family belonging to kushwaha(Koeri) caste. He is known to be the first MLA of Bihar Legislative Assembly to resign on the call of JP Narayan during JP Movement. He also worked hard to establish a rail connection between Giridih and Koderma districts of Jharkhand. He is also known to pave the way  of BJP in Bihar and Jharkhand. His son Pranav verma also fought Lok Sabha election but lost to Ravindra Rai in Modi wave. His brother Jagdish Prasad Kushwaha is known as Bhismpitamah of BJP in Bihar and Jharkhand. Recently the Giridih Municipal Corporation decided to honor him posthumously by naming the Junction of Jila parishad as Rati Lal Prasad Verma Chowk. He was one of the two Member of Parliament of BJP during transformation of Jana Sangh into Bhartiya Janata Party.