Jump to content

Chaman Lal Gupta

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Chaman Lal Gupta (13 April 1934[1] – 18 May 2021) was an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir, belonging to Bharatiya Janata Party. 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 was elected to Jammu and Kashmir State Assembly in 1972 as a member of Jana Sangh. He was elected to Lok Sabha in 1996, 1998, and 1999 from Udhampur (Lok Sabha constituency). He was a member of J&K Vidhan Sabha again from 2008 to 2014, as an MLA from Jammu West.

He had not been keeping well in his mid 80s. He died of COVID-19 on 18 May 2021, in Jammu, during the COVID-19 pandemic in India.[2][3]

Positions held

[edit]
  • 1972–77 Member, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
  • 1987–90 Member, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly & 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, from Udhampur
  • 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

Electoral performance

[edit]
Election Constituency Party Result Votes % Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote % Ref
2008 Jammu West BJP Won 40.26% Surinder Singh Shangari Independent 24.95% [4]
1987 Jammu East BJP Won 49.52% Ved Parkash INC 38.02% [5]
1983 Jammu East BJP Lost 29.91% Om Parkash INC 55.98% [6]
1972 Jammu South ABJS Won 51.44% Amrit Kumar Malhotra INC 37.18% [7]

Books published

[edit]
  • Sansad mein Jammu Kashmir;
  • Sansad mein dedh varsh;
  • Mere Prayaas
  • Article 370: A Thorn

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "BJP veteran Chaman Lal dies at 87". 19 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Chaman Lal Gupta, Veteran Jammu BJP Leader, Dies. He Had COVID-19".
  3. ^ Ex-Union Minister and J&K BJP leader Chaman Lal Gupta passes away after recovering from COVID-19
  4. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 25 December 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1983 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
[edit]
  • Biographical Sketch: Member of Parliament of the 13th Lok Sabha [1]


Stub icon

This article about a Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Jammu and Kashmir is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chaman_Lal_Gupta&oldid=1265920136"