Adesh Kumar Gupta
Adesh Kumar Gupta | |
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| President of Delhi BJP | |
| Assumed office 2 June 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Manoj Tiwari |
| Mayor of North Delhi Municipal Corporation | |
| In office April 2018 – 29 April 2019 | |
| Succeeded by | Avtar Singh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1969 Gursahaiganj, Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Education | Bachelor of Science |
| Alma mater | Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University |
Adesh Kumar Gupta (born 1969) is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and the president of party's Delhi unit. Starting his political career as early as in school after joining the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad when he was a twelfth grade student, Gupta remained active in student politics when he attended Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University. His association with the Ram Mandir Movement led his arrest and he was imprisoned for a year at Kanpur in 1991. He joined the Bharatiya Yuva Morcha when he moved to Delhi from his home district Kannauj in 1994. He fought the 2017 Municipal Corporation of Delhi election successfully from West Patel Nagar ward and became the Mayor of North Delhi Municipal Corporation in April 2018 and remained in the office till 29 April 2019. He was appointed the president of Delhi BJP on 2 June 2020 by the National President of the BJP Jagat Prakash Nadda after the resignation of Manoj Tiwari.
Personal life
Gupta was born in 1969 to Shambhu Dayal Gupta as his eldest son at Gursahaiganj, Kannauj (formerly a part of Farrukhabad district and now in Kannauj district), Uttar Pradesh. He achieved his twelfth-grade Higher Secondary School Certificate from Madan Mohan Malviya Inter College in 1987 and later attended Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University at Kanpur and graduated in Bachelor of Science.[1][2] He moved to Delhi in 1994 after finishing his higher education and started tutoring to make his living in the city and after working as a tuition teacher for two years he established his own business.[3] However, his business was not successful and that made him return to teaching profession again.[3] After tutoring for few years he applied for the position of contractor with the Central Public Works Department and acquired considerable success in this profession.[3][4][5]
Political career
Gupta is a member of the Bharatiya Janta Party 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.[1][5] His involvement in student politics continued when he attended Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University at Kanpur. He ascended in the ABVP to become the head of its district unit and later secretary of the state unit. He actively participated in the Ram Mandir Movement and canvassed students for its support. His association with the movement led him to get arrested by police in 1991 and he was kept in a temporary prison at Kanpur for a year.[1] He joined the Bharatiya Yuva Morcha and became its national office secretary in 1994 under the leadership of Dharmendra Pradhan as the president of the body.[2][5] After becoming a member of the Bharatiya Janta Party, he held several positions in its Delhi unit from 2009 to 2014; becoming the West Patel Nagar Mandal President in 2009 and later the head of Najafgarh Mandal.[5] He was given a BJP ticket to contest from West Patel Nagar ward of Karol Bagh Zone of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation in the 2017 Municipal Corporation of Delhi election. He won the election and later in April 2018 became the Mayor of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC).[4] 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 a member of the standing committee of the house on the same day he resigned as the mayor.[6]
Delhi BJP President
Gupta was appointed as the president of Delhi BJP on 2 June 2020 by the National President of the BJP Jagat Prakash Nadda.[7] He succeeded actor-politician and member of parliament Manoj Tiwari who had offered his resignation due to unsatisfactory performance of the party in the 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election but was asked by the party to remain in the office until the new appointment to replace him. After the appointment of Gupta as the president, the Delhi BJP witnessed substantial changes in its organisational structure including the commissioning of new presidents at block and district level. The process was supposed to commence immediately after his appointment but it was delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic in Delhi.[8] His appointment was considered by multiple media sources as an attempt by the BJP to regain its traditional voters including Vaishya community to which Gupta belongs.[9][10][11]
Gupta led a protest at Rajghat on 7 June 2020 along with other BJP leaders including the Leader of Opposition of the Legislative Assembly of Delhi Ramvir Singh Bidhuri against the Government of Delhi alleging the latter for mishandling COVID-19 pandemic in Delhi. They were detained by police for violating lockdown norms and were taken to Rajendr Nagar Police Station.[12]
The BJP unit of Delhi launched a 'Jan Jagran Abhiyan' (
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) about 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 it involved distribution of decoction packets, sanitizer bottles and face masks among the people of Delhi in different areas of the city.[13] He headed the Delhi contingent of the party in the 'Sewa Hi Sangathan' (
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) virtual meeting of the BJP on 4 July 2020 attended by all of its regional units in the country and chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the presence of party national president Jagat Prakash Nadda. Gupta gave a presentation in the meeting and briefed about the different social works carried out by the party in Delhi under the 'Sewa Hi Sanathan' Campaign including related to COVID-19 relief measures, encouraging people to donate to the PM CARES Fund and its joint programme with Delhi Police, 'Anivarya', to distribute sanitary napkins among women and girls living in slums of Delhi.[14][15]
He wrote to all three mayors of Delhi including the North Delhi Municipal Corporation, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation and the East Delhi Municipal Corporation to not go ahead with their respective anti-encroachment drives planned to be carried out citywide against street vendors during the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impact.[16]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "कन्नौज से ठेकेदारी करने दिल्ली गए आदेश बन गए भाजपा प्रदेश अध्यक्ष, पढ़ें- राजनीतिक सफरनामा". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Kannauj. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jha, Sudhir (2 June 2020). "कौन हैं दिल्ली बीजेपी के नए अध्यक्ष आदेश गुप्ता, जानिए उनके बारे में सबकुछ, बिहार से थे मनोज तिवारी तो यूपी में आदेश की जड़ें". Hindustan (in Hindi). New Delhi. Retrieved 3 June 2020.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Shukla, Ravi (2 June 2020). "आदेश कुमार गुप्ता: एक ट्यूशन टीचर से दिल्ली प्रदेश अध्यक्ष तक का सफर". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). New Delhi. Retrieved 4 June 2020.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "कौन हैं आदेश गुप्ता, जिन्हें मनोज तिवारी की जगह मिली दिल्ली BJP की कमान". Aaj Tak (in Hindi). New Delhi. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Rajput, Abhinav (3 June 2020). "Ex-MCD mayor replaces Tiwari as Delhi BJP chief". The Indian Express. New Delhi. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ↑ "Delhi: Mayors for north, east municipal bodies sworn in". The Indian Express. New Delhi. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ↑ Sharma, Akhilesh (2 June 2020). "Manoj Tiwari Replaced As Delhi BJP President". NDTV. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ↑ "Delhi BJP reorganisation process begins". Livemint. Delhi. Press Trust of India. 4 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ↑ "Guptas appointment as Delhi BJP chief done to focus on workers, feel leaders". Outlook. New Delhi. Press Trust of India. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ↑ Kumar, Navtan (6 June 2020). "BJP picks Adesh Gupta to regain traditional voters". The Sunday Guardian. New Delhi. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ↑ Sikdar, Shubhomoy (7 June 2020). "BJP picks Adesh Kumar Gupta to regain traditional voters, uniting the party". Business Standard. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ↑ "Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta, party MLAs detained during protest against AAP govt". The Telegraph. Press Trust of India. 7 June 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ↑ "COVID-19: BJP launches 'Jan Jagran Abhiyan' drive in Delhi, distributes masks and sanitisers". The Indian Express. New Delhi. Express News Service. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ↑ "'BJP workers helped in public service'". The Hindu. 4 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ↑ "Delhi BJP chief details relief work undertaken amid COVID-19 pandemic at party meet". Business Insider. New Delhi. Press Trust of India. 4 July 2020. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ↑ "Delhi BJP chief asks party-ruled civic bodies to postpone anti-encroachment drive". Deccan Herald. New Delhi. Press Trust of India. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
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