Articles about Kavinder Gupta
Kavinder Gupta is an Indian politician who was born on December 2, 1959, in Jammu. He has served as the last Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. Gupta was interested in politics from a young age and joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) at the age of thirteen. During the Emergency declared by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, he was imprisoned for a period of thirteen months. Gupta had also served as the secretary of the Punjab unit of the Vishva Hindu Parishad from 1978-1979. He was appointed as the chief of the Bharatiya Yuva Morcha of the Jammu and Kashmir unit from 1993-1998. He also served as the mayor of Jammu from 2005-2010. Gupta was elected speaker of the assembly in March 2015 and is the first BJP leader to be appointed as the speaker. He sparked controversy in February 2015 by blaming the Rohingya Muslim refugees for the 2018 Sunjuwan attack on an army camp. He was also criticized by opposition parties for calling the Kathua rape case a ‘small incident which should not be given too much importance.’ Later, Gupta claimed that the media had misinterpreted his statement.
30 Oct 2020
PoliticsHours after three members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were killed in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam by militants, party President JP Nadda on Friday said their sacrifices won't go in vain.
27 Dec 2018
PoliticsSenior Congress leader Sagheer Saeed Khan has sparked a controversy after promising jobs and compensation to the "innocent" people killed in Jammu & Kashmir, allegedly referring to terrorists, adding that BJP leaders responsible for the bloodbath would be sent to gallows.
12 Jul 2018
EntertainmentActor Rahul Roy today said he was sure that Sanjay Dutt would emerge as a bigger star, as he lauded the latter's biopic "Sanju".
10 May 2018
IndiaAn all-party meet in Srinagar on Wednesday urged the Centre to announce a unilateral ceasefire, ahead of Ramzan and Amarnath Yatra, which would begin in a few days.
30 Apr 2018
PoliticsThe Mehbooba Mufti-led Jammu and Kashmir cabinet was reshuffled on Monday, with Governor NN Vohra administering the oath of eight ministers.
30 Apr 2018
PoliticsAhead of a much-awaited cabinet reshuffle, BJP's Nirmal Singh has resigned from his post of Deputy Chief Minister in Jammu & Kashmir's Mehbooba Mufti-government to give way to a new BJP face for the post.
18 Apr 2018
IndiaPresident Ram Nath Kovind has today arrived in Jammu on his two-day maiden visit to the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir.
