GUPTA, PROF. CHAMAN LAL
[BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY - UDHAMPUR (JAMMU AND KASHMIR)]
Father’s Name Shri Bihari Lal Gupta
Date of Birth 13 April 1934
Place of Birth Vill. Kaleeth, Distt. Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir)
Marital Status Married
Date of Marriage 6 May 1962
Spouse’s Name Smt. Rekha Gupta
No. of Sons Two
No. of Daughters One
Educational
M.Sc. (Physics)
Qualifications
Educated at G.M. Science College, Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) and
Allahabad University, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)
Profession Political and Social Worker, Teacher and Educationist
Permanent Address
38A/B, II Extension,
Gandhi Nagar, Jammu-180 004
(Jammu and Kashmir)
Tels. (0191) 432522, 432744
Fax. (0191) 432744
Present Address
6, K. Kamaraj Lane,
New Delhi-110 001
Tels. (011) 3010545, 3017568, 3017569
Fax. (011) 3017563
Positions Held
1972-77 and
Member, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
1987-90
Member, Public Accounts Committee; Public Undertakings Committee;
Committee on Government Assurances and Rules 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
1996-97 Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism
1998
Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
Secretary, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party
1998-99
Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism
Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament
Member, Joint Committee on the functioning of Wakf Board
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development
1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
13 Oct. 1999 -
Union Minister of State, Ministry of Civil Aviation
1 Sept. 2001
1 Sept. 2001-
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Food
30 June 2002
Processing Industries
1 July 2002 -
Union Minister of State, Ministry of Defence
onwards
Books Published
(i) Sansad mein Jammu Kashmir; (ii) Sansad mein dedh varsh; (iii) Mere Prayaas (all in Hindi)
Social and Cultural Activities
General-Secretary, Prem Nath Dogra Memorial Committee; worked for providing
relief to migrants from Doda District and Kashmir Valley (relief amount
worth crores of rupees was
distributed among migrants); donated blood during the Wars of 1965
and 1971 to injured army
personnel and arranged relief camps during these wars
Special Interests
Upliftment of the weaker sections of the society, eradication of terrorism
from the country; fight
against corruption; mountaineering, travelled almost whole of Jammu
and Kashmir State on foot
including some areas of Ladakh
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading books, travelling and listening to devotional music
Sports and Clubs
President, (i) Jammu and Kashmir State Amateur Kabaddi Association;
and (ii) Jammu and
Kashmir State Amateur Archery Association
Countries Visited
Canada, Norway, U.K. and U.S.A.
Other Information
Secretary-General and Vice-President of Vidyarthi Parishad of the State
during school and college
days; agitated against the separatist forces; was on hunger strike
for 34 days establishing the
superiority of the Indian flag; joined students’ movement and jailed
for eight months for participating
in the agitation against the ‘one country two Constitutions, two Heads
and two Symbols’
Total electorate
10,16,952
Total votes polled
4,03,210
Poll percentage
39.65%
Valid votes
3,97,187
Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates:
(1) Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta
(B.J.P.) 1,94,678
49.01%
(2) Shri Jagjiwan Lal
(J.K.N.C.) 76,371
19.23%
(3) Shri Balbir Singh
(I.N.C.) 75,838
19.09%
(4) Shri Roop Lal
(B.S.P.)
22,278 5.61%