Prem Chand Gupta

Summary

Prem Chand Gupta (born 3 February 1950) is an Indian politician and a former cabinet minister in Ministry of Corporate Affairs of India.[1] He is a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian Parliament from Bihar.[2] Earlier, he was elected from Jharkhand to the Rajya Sabha.[3] He had some involvement in coal scam.[4] He was previously an NRI based in Hong Kong who promoted a factory manufacturing watches in India (Indo Swiss Time) and entered politics later. He currently lives in South Extension, New Delhi.

Prem Chand Gupta
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
10 April 2020
ConstituencyBihar
In office
10 April 2014 – 9 April 2020
Succeeded byShibu Soren
ConstituencyJharkhand
Minister of Corporate Affairs
In office
30 May 2004 – 30 November 2008
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byInder Kumar Gujral
Succeeded byH. R. Bhardwaj
Personal details
Born (1950-02-03) 3 February 1950 (age 74)
Bhiwani, Punjab, India
(now in Haryana, India)
Political partyRashtriya Janata Dal

References edit

  1. ^ "Prem Chand Gupta | National Portal of India". Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Rajya Sabha elections: All five candidates in Bihar elected unopposed". Times Now. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Nathwani, Gupta elected to RS unopposed from Jharkhand". Business Standard India. Business Standard. Press Trust of India. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  4. ^ Pandey, Devesh K. (2 August 2014). "CBI books RJD MP, son in Coal scam case". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 July 2018.