Chaman Lal Gupta

Chaman Lal Gupta is a former minister of state in the Government of India. He was union minister of state of defence from 2002 to 2004. Earlier, he held a portfolio of food processing and civil aviation. He was born in 1934 in Jammu and did his MSC from G. M. Science College Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) and Allahabad University, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh). He is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a member of the 11th and 13th Lok Sabha from Udhampur.

Positions held

• 1972–77 Member, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
• 1987–90 Member, Public Accounts Committee; Public Undertakings Committee;
• 1973–80 General-Secretary, Bharatiya Jana Sangh (B.J.S.), Jammu and Kashmir
• 1980–89 General-Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.), Jammu and Kashmir
• 1990–95 President, B.J.P., Jammu and Kashmir (two terms)
• 1996 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha
• 1996–97 Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism
• 1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
• 1998–99 Member, Joint Committee on the functioning of Wakf Board
• 1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
• 1999–2001 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Civil Aviation
• 2001–2002 Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Food
• 1 July 2002 – 2004 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Defence
• 2008-2014 Member, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Jammu West

Books published

• Sansad mein Jammu Kashmir;
• Sansad mein dedh varsh;
• Mere Prayaas (all in Hindi)

External links

• Biographical Sketch: Member of Parliament of the 13th Lok Sabha [1]

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