Nand Gopal Gupta, also known as Nandi,[2] is a Cabinet Minister, Government of Uttar Pradesh.
Nand Gopal Gupta | |
|---|---|
| Minister for Industrial development, Export Promotion, NRI, Investment Promotion in Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
| Assumed office March 2017 | |
| MLA in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office March 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Haji Parvej Ahmad |
| Constituency | Prayagraj South |
| In office March 2007 – March 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Keshari Nath Tripathi |
| Succeeded by | Haji Parvej Ahmad |
| Constituency | Prayagraj South |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1974 or 1975 (age 48–49)[1] |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Other political affiliations | Bahujan Samaj Party, Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Abhilasha Gupta |
| Residence(s) | Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India[1] |
| Website | http://nandgopalguptanandi.in |
Early life
editGupta hails from Prayagraj and was born to Suresh Chandra Gupta. He passed High School in the year 1989 from the Uttar Pradesh board.[1]
Political career
editIn 2007, Gupta was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh from the Prayagraj South Assembly 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 Prayagraj South seat. In the national elections of 2014, he sought election to the Lok Sabha as an Indian National Congress candidate from Prayagraj but lost. In 2017, he was elected to the Uttar Pradesh assembly from Prayagraj South Assembly constituency for the BJP.[citation needed]
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
editGupta is married to Abhilasha Gupta, who is also a politician.[5] He was seriously injured in a 2010 bomb attack in Prayagraj, for which fellow MLA Vijay Mishra is among those who have been charged.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- ALLAHABAD SOUTH(ALLAHABAD) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Three cops caught taking money from MLA's kin". Hindustan Times. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "CM Yogi Adityanath keeps home, revenue: UP portfolio allocation highlights", Hindustan Times, 22 March 2017
- ^ Scroll Staff (14 July 2020). "Uttar Pradesh: Houses in Prayagraj painted saffron, two FIRs filed". Scroll.in. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ "Shot in arm for Nandi as wife wins Allahabad mayoral election". Indian Express. 8 July 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2019.