Ashutosh Tandon (12 May 1960 – 9 November 2023), also known as Gopal Tandon, was an Indian politician and was Minister of Urban Development, Overall Urban Development, Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation in the

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. Tandon was also a member of the

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from the Lucknow East constituency in Lucknow district. He was son of

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's senior leader and former

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Lal Ji Tandon.

Personal life

Tandon was born on 12 May 1960 to politician

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. He graduated with a

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degree from

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in 1980. He married Madhu Tandon on 6 May 1982, with whom he had a daughter. Tandon died from heart failure after a prolonged illness at a private hospital in Lucknow on 9 November 2023 at the age of 63.

Career

Tandon was appointed Director of Union Bank of India from 2001 to 2006. In 2014, Tandon defeated Juhie Singh by 26,459 votes for the Lucknow East assembly seat. In 2017, Ashutosh Tandon defeated SP-Congress joint candidate Anurag Bhadoria by record 79,230 votes. Tandon was appointed to the ministries of Technical and Medical Education. In a portfolio reshuffle in August 2019, Tandon was allocated Urban Development Department. In

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, Tandon won for the third time from Lucknow East constituency, defeating

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by 49017 votes.

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