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 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
- 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
- Sansad mein Jammu Kashmir;
- Sansad mein dedh varsh;
- Mere Prayaas
- Article 370: A Thorn
References
External links
- Biographical Sketch: Member of Parliament of the 13th Lok Sabha [1]