Ram Prakash Gupta

Ram Prakash Gupta (26 October 1923 – 1 May 2004) was Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, and Governor of Madhya Pradesh. He was a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party, as well as its predecessor party, the Bharatiya Jana Sangh.

Ram Prakash Gupta
13th Governor of Madhya Pradesh
In office
7 May 2003 – 1 May 2004
Chief MinisterDigvijaya Singh
Uma Bharti
Preceded byBhai Mahavir
Succeeded byK.M. Seth (Acting)
18th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
In office
12 November 1999 – 28 October 2000
GovernorSuraj Bhan
Preceded byKalyan Singh
Succeeded byRajnath Singh
1st Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
In office
3 April 1967 – 25 February 1968
Chief MinisterCharan Singh
Preceded byOffice Established
Succeeded byKamalapati Tripathi
Personal details
Born(1923-10-26)26 October 1923
Jhansi, United Provinces, British India
(Now in Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died1 May 2004(2004-05-01) (aged 80)
New Delhi, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Children2
Alma materAllahabad University

A post-graduate in science from Allahabad University, he was a member of the erstwhile Bharatiya Jana Sangh.

He represented the Bharatiya Jana Sangh in the Vidhan Parishad and was chosen to be Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh when Charan Singh formed the first non-Congress government in 1967 which was also known as Samyukta Vidhayak Dal government.

He was later the state's Minister of Industries in the Janata Party government led by Ram Naresh Yadav in 1977.

Following that short tenure, he was in relative obscurity, not even being nominated for the assembly elections in 1996, but being made the Deputy Chairperson of the Planning Commission in Uttar Pradesh.

The Chief Minister, Kalyan Singh, became embroiled in several controversies and was blamed for poor performance of the party in the Lok Sabha Elections in 1999. As a result, the party's leadership chose a low-profile Gupta over other contenders.[1]

In less than a year, Gupta ran into trouble when the party performed poorly in local body elections in the state and many called for his removal, which led to his replacement by Rajnath Singh on 8 October 2000.[2]

On 7 May 2003, he was named as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh.

After prolonged illness, he died while in office on 1 May 2004. He was survived by his wife and two sons and was cremated in Lucknow.[3]

References
  1. "Ram Prakash Gupta to replace Kalyan Singh".
  2. "Ram Prakash Gupta may be replaced, sooner than later".
  3. "MP governor Ram Prakash Gupta dead".
Political offices
Preceded by
Kalyan Singh		 Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
12 November 1999 – 28 October 2000		 Succeeded by
Rajnath Singh
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.