Adesh Kumar Gupta | |
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President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Delhi | |
In office 2 June 2020 – 11 December 2022 | |
Preceded by | Manoj Tiwari |
Succeeded by | Virender Sachdeva |
Mayor of North Delhi | |
In office April 2018 – 29 April 2019 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Gursahaiganj, Uttar Pradesh, India | 29 January 1969
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Spouse | Anuradha Gupta |
Children | 3 |
Education | ( B.Sc. ) |
Alma mater | Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University |
Adesh Kumar Gupta (born 29 January 1969) is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and the former president of party's Delhi unit. Starting his political career as a twelfth-grade student when he joined the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, he remained active in student politics when he attended Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University. His association with the Ram Mandir Movement led to his arrest and he was imprisoned for a year at Kanpur in 1991. He joined the Bharatiya Yuva Morcha when he moved to Delhi from his home district of Kannauj in 1994. He campaigned in the 2017 Municipal Corporation of Delhi election successfully from the West Patel Nagar ward and became the Mayor of North Delhi Municipal Corporation in April 2018, remaining in office till 29 April 2019. He was appointed president of Delhi BJP on 2 June 2020 by the National President of the BJP, Jagat Prakash Nadda, following the resignation of Manoj Tiwari. On 11th December 2022, he stepped down from the post of State BJP President after the party's loss in the MCD Elections of 2022. He was replaced by Virendra Sachdeva.[1]