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Nand Gopal Gupta
Cabinet Minister
Government of Uttar Pradesh
Incumbent
Assumed office
25 March 2022
Governor
Chief Minister
Ministry & Department's
  • Industrial Development
  • Export Promotion
  • NRI
  • Investment Promotion
In office
19 March 2017 – 12 March 2022
Governor
Chief Minister
Ministry & Department's
  • Civil Aviation
  • Political Pension
  • Minority Welfare
  • Muslim Waqf and Haj
In office
18 October 2007 – 18 March 2012
Governor
Chief Minister
Ministry & Department's
  • Institutional Finance
  • Stamp
  • Court Fees
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 March 2017
Preceded byHaji Parvej Ahmad
ConstituencyPrayagraj South
In office
13 May 2007 – 8 March 2012
Preceded byKeshari Nath Tripathi
Succeeded byHaji Parvej Ahmad
ConstituencyPrayagraj South
Personal details
Born (1974-04-23) April 23, 1974 (age 50)
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh (then Allahabad)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations		Bahujan Samaj Party
Indian National Congress
SpouseAbhilasha Gupta (m.1994)
Children2 (son's), 1 (daughter)
ParentLate Suresh Chandra Gupta (father)
Residence(s)292, Bahadur Ganj Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India
ProfessionBusiness, Industry
Websitehttp://nandgopalguptanandi.in

Nand Gopal Gupta, also known as Nandi, is a Cabinet Minister, Government of Uttar Pradesh.

Early life

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

Political career

In 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.

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

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.

Personal life

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

References

  1. ^ "Three cops caught taking money from MLA's kin". Hindustan Times. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  2. "Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- ALLAHABAD SOUTH(ALLAHABAD) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  3. "CM Yogi Adityanath keeps home, revenue: UP portfolio allocation highlights", Hindustan Times, 22 March 2017
  4. Scroll Staff (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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