Adesh Kumar Gupta
Adesh Kumar Gupta (born 1969) is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and the president of party's Delhi unit. Starting his political career as early as in school after joining the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad when he was a twelfth grade student, Gupta remained active in student politics when he attended Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University. His association with the Ram Mandir Movement led 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 Kannauj in 1994. He fought the 2017 Municipal Corporation of Delhi election successfully from West Patel Nagar ward and became the Mayor of North Delhi Municipal Corporation in April 2018 and remained in the office till 29 April 2019. He was appointed the president of Delhi BJP on 2 June 2020 by the National President of the BJP Jagat Prakash Nadda after the resignation of Manoj Tiwari.
Personal life
Gupta was born in 1969 to Shambhu Dayal Gupta as his eldest son at Gursahaiganj, Kannauj (formerly a part of Farrukhabad district and now in Kannauj district), Uttar Pradesh. He achieved his twelfth-grade Higher Secondary School Certificate from Madan Mohan Malviya Inter College in 1987 and later attended Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University at Kanpur and graduated in Bachelor of Science. He moved to Delhi in 1994 after finishing his higher education and started tutoring to make his living in the city and after working as a tuition teacher for two years he established his own business. However, his business was not successful and that made him return to teaching profession again.
Political career
Gupta is a member of the Bharatiya Janta Party and is active in the politics of Delhi. He embarked on a career in politics after becoming a member of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) during his time in the Madan Mohan Malviya Inter College as a twelfth-grade student in 1987.
Delhi BJP President
Gupta was appointed as the president of Delhi BJP on 2 June 2020 by the National President of the BJP Jagat Prakash Nadda. He succeeded actor-politician and member of parliament Manoj Tiwari who had offered his resignation due to unsatisfactory performance of the party in the 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election but was asked by the party to remain in the office until the new appointment to replace him. After the appointment of Gupta as the president, the Delhi BJP witnessed substantial changes in its organisational structure including the commissioning of new presidents at block and district level. The process was supposed to commence immediately after his appointment but it was delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic in Delhi.
Gupta led a protest at Rajghat on 7 June 2020 along with other BJP leaders including the Leader of Opposition of the Legislative Assembly of Delhi Ramvir Singh Bidhuri against the Government of Delhi alleging the latter for mishandling COVID-19 pandemic in Delhi. They were detained by police for violating lockdown norms and were taken to Rajendr Nagar Police Station.
The BJP unit of Delhi launched a 'Jan Jagran Abhiyan' () about COVID-19 pandemic under Gupta on 17 June 2020. The campaign included all the members of parliament from Delhi and other senior leaders of the party and it involved distribution of decoction packets, sanitizer bottles and face masks among the people of Delhi in different areas of the city. He headed the Delhi contingent of the party in the 'Sewa Hi Sangathan' () virtual meeting of the BJP on 4 July 2020 attended by all of its regional units in the country and chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the presence of party national president Jagat Prakash Nadda. Gupta gave a presentation in the meeting and briefed about the different social works carried out by the party in Delhi under the 'Sewa Hi Sanathan' Campaign including related to COVID-19 relief measures, encouraging people to donate to the PM CARES Fund and its joint programme with Delhi Police, 'Anivarya', to distribute sanitary napkins among women and girls living in slums of Delhi.
He wrote to all three mayors of Delhi including the North Delhi Municipal Corporation, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation and the East Delhi Municipal Corporation to not go ahead with their respective anti-encroachment drives planned to be carried out citywide against street vendors during the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impact.
Personal life
Gupta was born in 1969 to Shambhu Dayal Gupta as his eldest son at Gursahaiganj, Kannauj (formerly a part of Farrukhabad district and now in Kannauj district), Uttar Pradesh. He achieved his twelfth-grade Higher Secondary School Certificate from Madan Mohan Malviya Inter College in 1987 and later attended Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University at Kanpur and graduated in Bachelor of Science. He moved to Delhi in 1994 after finishing his higher education and started tutoring to make his living in the city and after working as a tuition teacher for two years he established his own business. However, his business was not successful and that made him return to teaching profession again.
Political career
Gupta is a member of the Bharatiya Janta Party and is active in the politics of Delhi. He embarked on a career in politics after becoming a member of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) during his time in the Madan Mohan Malviya Inter College as a twelfth-grade student in 1987.
Delhi BJP President
Gupta was appointed as the president of Delhi BJP on 2 June 2020 by the National President of the BJP Jagat Prakash Nadda. He succeeded actor-politician and member of parliament Manoj Tiwari who had offered his resignation due to unsatisfactory performance of the party in the 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election but was asked by the party to remain in the office until the new appointment to replace him. After the appointment of Gupta as the president, the Delhi BJP witnessed substantial changes in its organisational structure including the commissioning of new presidents at block and district level. The process was supposed to commence immediately after his appointment but it was delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic in Delhi.
Gupta led a protest at Rajghat on 7 June 2020 along with other BJP leaders including the Leader of Opposition of the Legislative Assembly of Delhi Ramvir Singh Bidhuri against the Government of Delhi alleging the latter for mishandling COVID-19 pandemic in Delhi. They were detained by police for violating lockdown norms and were taken to Rajendr Nagar Police Station.
The BJP unit of Delhi launched a 'Jan Jagran Abhiyan' () about COVID-19 pandemic under Gupta on 17 June 2020. The campaign included all the members of parliament from Delhi and other senior leaders of the party and it involved distribution of decoction packets, sanitizer bottles and face masks among the people of Delhi in different areas of the city. He headed the Delhi contingent of the party in the 'Sewa Hi Sangathan' () virtual meeting of the BJP on 4 July 2020 attended by all of its regional units in the country and chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the presence of party national president Jagat Prakash Nadda. Gupta gave a presentation in the meeting and briefed about the different social works carried out by the party in Delhi under the 'Sewa Hi Sanathan' Campaign including related to COVID-19 relief measures, encouraging people to donate to the PM CARES Fund and its joint programme with Delhi Police, 'Anivarya', to distribute sanitary napkins among women and girls living in slums of Delhi.
He wrote to all three mayors of Delhi including the North Delhi Municipal Corporation, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation and the East Delhi Municipal Corporation to not go ahead with their respective anti-encroachment drives planned to be carried out citywide against street vendors during the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impact.
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