Prem Chand Gupta
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
10 April 2020
ConstituencyBihar
In office
10 April 2014 – 9 April 2020
Succeeded byShibu Soren
ConstituencyJharkhand
Minister of Corporate Affairs
In office
30 May 2004 – 30 November 2008
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byInder Kumar Gujral
Succeeded byH. R. Bhardwaj
Personal details
Born (1950-02-03) 3 February 1950 (age 74)
Bhiwani, Punjab, India
(now in Haryana, India)
Political partyRashtriya Janata Dal

Prem Chand Gupta (born 3 February 1950) is an Indian politician and a former cabinet minister in Ministry of Corporate Affairs of India.[1] He is a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian Parliament from Bihar.[2] Earlier, he was elected from Jharkhand to the Rajya Sabha.[3] He had some involvement in coal scam.[4] He was previously an NRI based in Hong Kong who promoted a factory manufacturing watches in India (Indo Swiss Time) and entered politics later. He currently lives in South Extension, New Delhi.

References

  1. ^ "Prem Chand Gupta | National Portal of India". Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Rajya Sabha elections: All five candidates in Bihar elected unopposed". Times Now. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Nathwani, Gupta elected to RS unopposed from Jharkhand". Business Standard India. Business Standard. Press Trust of India. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  4. ^ Pandey, Devesh K. (2 August 2014). "CBI books RJD MP, son in Coal scam case". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 July 2018.


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