Chaman Lal Gupta
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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
Books published
[edit]- Sansad mein Jammu Kashmir;
- Sansad mein dedh varsh;
- Mere Prayaas
- Article 370: A Thorn
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Biographical Sketch: Member of Parliament of the 13th Lok Sabha [1]
- 2021 deaths
- 1934 births
- University of Allahabad alumni
- India MPs 1996–1997
- India MPs 1999–2004
- India MPs 1998–1999
- People from Jammu (city)
- Lok Sabha members from Jammu and Kashmir
- Bharatiya Jana Sangh politicians
- Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Jammu and Kashmir
- Politicians from Jammu
- Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India
- Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 1972–1977
- Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2008–2014
- Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2014–2018
- Bharatiya Janata Party politician stubs
- Jammu and Kashmir politician stubs