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Adesh Kumar Gupta (born 29 January 1969) is an Indian politician. He is a member of the
Bharatiya Janta Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's Bharatiya Jana Sangh. Since 2014, ...
(BJP) and the former president of party's
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unit. Starting his political career as a twelfth-grade student when he joined the
Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) is a student organization in India, registered as a Non-governmental organization (NGO) in 1949. It's a significant student union with over 5 million members, making it one of the largest student or ...
, he remained active in student politics when he attended
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. His association with the Ram Mandir Movement led to his arrest and he was imprisoned for a year at
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in 1991. He joined the Bharatiya Yuva Morcha when he moved to Delhi from his home district of
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in 1994. He campaigned in the 2017 Municipal Corporation of Delhi election successfully from the West Patel Nagar ward and became the Mayor of
North Delhi Municipal Corporation North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) was one of the municipal corporations in Delhi, India that was established after the former Municipal Corporation of Delhi was trifurcated in 2012. It governed a jurisdiction spanning , which was furt ...
in April 2018, remaining in office till 29 April 2019. He was appointed president of Delhi BJP on 2 June 2020 by the National President of the BJP,
Jagat Prakash Nadda Jagat Prakash Nadda (born 2 December 1960) is an Indian lawyer and politician who is serving as the 34th Minister of Health, 25th Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers since 2024 and 11th President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since 20 ...
, following the resignation of Manoj Tiwari. On 11 December 2022, he stepped down from the post of State BJP President after the party's loss in the MCD Elections of 2022. He was replaced by Virendra Sachdeva.


Personal life

Gupta was born in 1969, the eldest son of Shambhu Dayal Gupta, in Gursahaiganj,
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(formerly a part of
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and now in
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),
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. He received his twelfth-grade Higher Secondary School Certificate from Madan Mohan Malviya Inter College in 1987. He later attended
Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University Aerial view of Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University Campus Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University (CSJMU), formerly Kanpur University, is a public state collegiate university located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is administered un ...
at Kanpur and graduated with a
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degree. After completing his higher education, he moved to Delhi in 1994 and started
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ing to make his living in the city. After working as a tuition teacher for two years he established his own business. However, his business was not successful and he returned to the teaching profession. After tutoring for few more years he applied for the position of contractor with the
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and acquired considerable success in this profession.


Political career

Gupta is a member of the
Bharatiya Janta Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's Bharatiya Jana Sangh. Since 2014, ...
(BJP) and is active in the politics of Delhi. He embarked on a career in politics after becoming a member of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) during his time in the Madan Mohan Malviya Inter College as a twelfth-grade student in 1987. His involvement in student politics continued at Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University. He rose in the ABVP to become the head of its district unit and later secretary of the state unit. He actively participated in the Ram Janmabhoomi Movement and canvassed students for its support. The Ram Janmabhoomi Movement was spearheaded by the BJP and the
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to claim disputed land in Ayodhya,
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, hypothesised to be the birthplace of the Hindu deity
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, for
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. Gupta's association with the movement led to his arrest by police in 1991 and his incarceration at a temporary prison at Kanpur for a year. Gupta joined the Bharatiya Yuva Morcha and became its national office secretary in 1994 under the leadership of president
Dharmendra Pradhan Dharmendra Pradhan (born 26 June 1969) is an Indian politician who has served as the Minister of Education since his appointment in July 2021. He has previously held the portfolios of Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (2017– ...
. He also held several positions in the BJP's Delhi unit from 2009 to 2014, becoming the West Patel Nagar Mandal President in 2009 and later the head of
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Mandal. In the 2017 Municipal Corporation of Delhi election, Gupta was given a BJP
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to contest from the West Patel Nagar ward of the
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Zone of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC). He won the election and in April 2018 became the Mayor of the NDMC. He was succeeded by Avtar Singh for the post of mayor on 29 April 2019. As a member of the NDMC, Gupta was elected unopposed as a member of the standing committee of the house on the same day he resigned as mayor.


Delhi BJP President

Gupta was appointed the president of the Delhi BJP on 2 June 2020 by the National President of the BJP,
Jagat Prakash Nadda Jagat Prakash Nadda (born 2 December 1960) is an Indian lawyer and politician who is serving as the 34th Minister of Health, 25th Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers since 2024 and 11th President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since 20 ...
. He succeeded actor-politician and member of parliament Manoj Tiwari, who had tendered his resignation due to unsatisfactory performance of the party in the
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but had been asked by the party to remain in office until the new appointment to replace him. Gupta's appointment was viewed by multiple media sources as an attempt by the BJP to regain its traditional voters, including the
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community to which Gupta belongs. Gupta led a protest at Rajghat on 7 June 2020 along with other BJP leaders, including the Leader of Opposition of the
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,
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, against the
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, accusing the latter of mishandling the COVID-19 pandemic in Delhi. They were detained by police for violating lockdown norms and were taken to Rajender Nagar Police Station. The BJP unit of Delhi launched a 'Jan Jagran Abhiyan' () about the COVID-19 pandemic under Gupta on 17 June 2020. The campaign included all the members of parliament from Delhi and other senior leaders of the party, and involved the distribution of
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packets, sanitizer bottles, and face masks in different areas of the city. Gupta headed the Delhi contingent of the party in the virtual meeting of the BJP on 4 July 2020, which was attended by all of its regional units in the country and chaired by
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in the presence of party national president Jagat Prakash Nadda. Gupta gave a presentation during the meeting and briefed the others about the different social works carried out by the party in Delhi under the 'Sewa Hi Sanathan' Campaign. These included COVID-19 relief measures and encouraging people to donate to the
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and its joint programme with
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, 'Anivarya', to distribute sanitary napkins among women and girls living in the slums of Delhi. Gupta also wrote to all three mayors of Delhi, including the North Delhi Municipal Corporation, the
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, and the
East Delhi Municipal Corporation East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) was one of the municipal corporations in Delhi, India, that was established after the former Municipal Corporation of Delhi was trifurcated in 2012. It governed over a jurisdiction spanning , which was ...
, asking them not to go ahead with their respective anti-
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drives planned to be carried out citywide against
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during the COVID-19 pandemic, noting its economic impact. In 2022, he supported the anti-encroachment drives.


Electoral performance

In 2022, Gupta refused to contest in the by-election for
Rajinder Nagar Assembly constituency Rajinder Nagar Assembly constituency is one of the seventy Delhi assembly constituencies of Delhi and includes the neighborhood of Rajendra Nagar, Delhi. Rajinder Nagar assembly constituency is a part of New Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency) ...
.


See also

* Bharatiya Janata Party, Delhi *
Rajinder Nagar Assembly constituency Rajinder Nagar Assembly constituency is one of the seventy Delhi assembly constituencies of Delhi and includes the neighborhood of Rajendra Nagar, Delhi. Rajinder Nagar assembly constituency is a part of New Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency) ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gupta, Adesh Kumar Living people 1969 births People from Kannauj district 21st-century Indian politicians Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Delhi Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University alumni