Chaman Lal Gupta

Chaman Lal Gupta is a former minister of state in the Government of India. He was union minister of state of defence from 2002 to 2004. Earlier, he held a portfolio of food processing and civil aviation.
He was born in 1934 in Jammu and did his MSC from G. M. Science College Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) and  Allahabad University, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh).  He is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a member of the 11th and 13th Lok Sabha from Udhampur.

Positions held
1972–77               Member, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
1987–90               Member, Public Accounts Committee; Public Undertakings Committee;
1973–80               General-Secretary, Bharatiya Jana Sangh (B.J.S.), Jammu and Kashmir
1980–89               General-Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.), Jammu and Kashmir
1990–95               President, B.J.P., Jammu and Kashmir (two terms)
1996                  Elected to 11th Lok Sabha
1996–97               Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism
1998                  Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
1998–99               Member, Joint Committee on the functioning of Wakf Board
1999                   Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
1999–2001            Union Minister of State, Ministry of Civil Aviation
2001–2002            Union  Minister of State  (Independent Charge), Ministry of Food
1 July 2002 – 2004      Union Minister of State, Ministry of  Defence
2008-2014            Member, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Jammu West

References

Books published 

Sansad mein Jammu Kashmir;
Sansad mein dedh varsh;
Mere Prayaas (all in  Hindi)

External links
Biographical Sketch: Member of Parliament  of the 13th Lok Sabha 

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