Ramsingh Bhai Verma

Ramsingh Bhai Verma or Ramsingh Bhai Karansingh (born 1912) was an Indian trade unionist and politician. He emerged as a prominent leader of Indore textile workers in the 1940s and 1950s, but was eventually ousted from his leadership role in an internal dispute in 1963/1964. He was a member of the Lok Sabha (lower house of the Parliament of India) from 1957 to 1962 and 1972 to 1977.

Youth He was born in Kota, a Rajputana princely state on October 31, 1912. He was the son of Karansingh Verma, a shikari (hunter's guide) and Jadon Rajput. Verma married Shanti Devi in 1934, the couple would go on to have one son and one daughter. In response Gulzarilal Nanda sent Dravid and Ramsingh Verma to Indore to build a pro-Congress textile workers trade union to compete with the communists. By 1943 IMMS had some 1,760 members.

Apart from regular trade union activities, IMMS also engaged in social welfare activities and setting up workers housing colonies. Verma won the seat, obtaining 73,180 votes (47.45%).

1962 election In the 1962 Indian general election Verma got the chance to contest the Indore Lok Sabha seat. Verma's loss shattered the image of him as the all-powerful union boss in Indore, and paved way for tensions between Verma, Dravid and Tiwari. Tiwari's critique centred around alleged behavioural issues of Verma during the preparations of a June 1963 exhibition of the Mahila Vikas Mandir (a women's organization linked to IMMS). During the ensuing months there were violent clashes between Verma and Tiwari supporters. In February 1964 the central leadership of INTUC dissolved the INTUC Madhya Pradesh and IMMS committees.

1972 by-election Verma returned to the Lok Sabha in a June 4, 1972, by-election for the Indore seat, held after Prakash Chandra Sethi's resignation.