Prem Chand Gupta

{{Short description|Indian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Prem Chand Gupta | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|2|3|df=y}} | birth_place = Bhiwani, Punjab, India (now in Haryana, India) | death_date = | death_place = | office = Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | term_start = 10 April 2020 | constituency = Bihar | term_end = 9 April 2026 | constituency2 = Jharkhand | term_start2 = 10 April 2014 | term_end2 = 9 April 2020 | predecessor = | successor2 = Shibu Soren | office3 = Minister of Corporate Affairs | prime_minister3 = Manmohan Singh | term_start3 = 30 May 2004 | term_end3 = 30 November 2008 | successor3 = H. R. Bhardwaj | predecessor3 = Inder Kumar Gujral | party = Rashtriya Janata Dal | profession = | spouse = | children = | footnotes = | date = | year = | source = }}

'''Prem Chand Gupta''' (born 3 February 1950) is an Indian politician and a former cabinet minister in Ministry of Corporate Affairs of India.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/prem-chand-gupta |title=Prem Chand Gupta | National Portal of India |access-date=10 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227130445/https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/prem-chand-gupta |archive-date=27 December 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian Parliament from Bihar.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/rajya-sabha-elections-all-five-candidates-in-bihar-elected-unopposed/566273 | title=Rajya Sabha elections: All five candidates in Bihar elected unopposed | publisher=Times Now | date=18 March 2020 | accessdate=19 March 2020}}</ref> Earlier, he was elected from Jharkhand to the Rajya Sabha.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/nathwani-gupta-elected-to-rs-unopposed-from-jharkhand-114013101088_1.html | title=Nathwani, Gupta elected to RS unopposed from Jharkhand | newspaper=Business Standard India | publisher=Business Standard | date=31 January 2014 | accessdate=19 March 2020| agency=Press Trust of India }}</ref> He had some involvement in coal scam.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/cbi-books-rjd-mp-son-in-coal-scam-case/article6275364.ece|title=CBI books RJD MP, son in Coal scam case|last=Pandey|first=Devesh K.|date=2014-08-02|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-07-04|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theindiansun.com.au/2018/01/19/lessons-rich-famous/|title=Lessons from the rich and famous |publisher=The Indian Sun|date=19 Jan 2018}}</ref>

==Rajya Sabha Elections== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Position ! colspan="2" |Party ! Constituency ! From ! To ! Tenure |- | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (1st Term) | {{Party name with color|Janata Dal}} | rowspan="3"|Bihar | 10 April 1996 | 9 April 2002 | '''{{ayd|1996|4|10|2002|4|9}}''' |- | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (2nd Term) | {{Party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal|rowspan=4}} | 10 April 2002 | 9 April 2008 | '''{{ayd|2002|4|10|2008|4|9}}''' |- | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (3rd Term) | 10 April 2008 | 12 February 2014 | '''{{ayd|2008|4|10|2014|2|12}}''' |- | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (4th Term) | Jharkhand | 10 April 2014 | 25 March 2020 | '''{{ayd|2014|4|10|2020|3|25}}''' |- | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (5th Term) | Bihar | 10 April 2020 | 9 April 2026 | '''{{ayd|2020|4|10}}''' |}

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