Nand Gopal Gupta

Nand Gopal Gupta, also known as Nand Gopal Nandi,[2] is a Minister of Civil Aviation, Political Pension, Minority Welfare, Muslim Waqf and Haj in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Nand Gopal Gupta
Minister of Civil Aviation, Political Pension, Minority , Muslim and Haj in Government of Uttar Pradesh
Assumed office
March 2017
MLA in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
March 2017
Preceded byHaji Parvej Ahmad
ConstituencyAllahabad South, Allahabad district
In office
March 2007 – March 2012
Preceded byKeshari Nath Tripathi
Succeeded byHaji Parvej Ahmad
ConstituencyAllahabad South, Allahabad district
Personal details
Born1974/1975 (age 45–47)[1]
Political partyBhartiya Janta Party
Spouse(s)Abhilasha Gupta
ResidenceAllahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India[1]

Early life

Gupta hails from Allahabad and was born to Suresh Chandra Gupta. He passed High School in the year 1989 from the Uttar Pradesh board.[1]

Political career

In 2007, Gupta was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh from the Allahabad constituency as a candidate of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). In the 2012 assembly elections, he was defeated by Samajwadi Party candidate Haji Parvej Ahmad in the Allahabad South seat. In the national elections of 2014, he sought election to the Lok Sabha as an Indian National Congress candidate from Allahabad but lost. In 2017, he was elected to the Uttar Pradesh assembly from Allahabad constituency for the BJP.

At present he is Cabinet Minister of Minority Affairs, Political Pension and Civil Aviation in the BJP-led Government of Uttar Pradesh.[3]

In July 2020, a First Information Report (FIR) was filed against Gupta alleging that he forcefully had his people paint all the houses saffron along with pictures of Hindu deities in his colony without obtaining the consent of house owners or the residents.[4]

Personal life

Gupta is married to Abhilasha Gupta, who is also a politician.[5] He was seriously injured in a 2010 bomb attack in Allahabad, for which fellow MLA Vijay Mishra is among those who have been charged.[2]

References
  1. "Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- ALLAHABAD SOUTH(ALLAHABAD) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  2. "Three cops caught taking money from MLA's kin". Hindustan Times. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  3. "CM Yogi Adityanath keeps home, revenue: UP portfolio allocation highlights", Hindustan Times, 22 March 2017
  4. Staff, Scroll (14 July 2020). "Uttar Pradesh: Houses in Prayagraj painted saffron, two FIRs filed". Scroll.in. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  5. "Shot in arm for Nandi as wife wins Allahabad mayoral election". Indian Express. 8 July 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2019.


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