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Nand Gopal Gupta
Minister of Civil Aviation, Political Pension, Minority Welfare, Muslim Wakf and Haj in Government of Uttar Pradesh
Incumbent
Assumed office
March 2017
MLA in 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
Incumbent
Assumed office
March 2017
Preceded byHaji Parvej Ahmad
ConstituencyAllahabad South, Allahabad district
Personal details
Born1974 or 1975 (age 48–49)[1]
Political partyBhartiya Janta Party
SpouseAbhilasha Gupta
Residence(s)Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India[1]

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

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.[citation needed]

At present he is Cabinet Minister of Stamp and Civil Aviation in the BJP-led Government of Uttar Pradesh.[3]

Gupta is married to Abhilasha Gupta, who is also a politician.[4] 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. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ "Shot in arm for Nandi as wife wins Allahabad mayoral election". Indian Express. 8 July 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2019.


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