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{{short description|Nepalese politician}}
{{Tone|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Jay Prakash Gupta
| native_name = जय प्रकाश गुप्ता
| image =
| office = [[Ministry of Information and Communications (Nepal)|Minister of Information and Communication]]
| term_start = 4 September 2011
| term_end = 21 February 2012
| president = [[Ram Baran Yadav]]
| primeminister = [[Babu Ram Bhattarai]]
| office1 = [[Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (Nepal)|Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperative]]
| term_start1 = 18 August 2008
| term_end1 = 25 May 2009
| president1 = [[Ram Baran Yadav]]
| primeminister1 = [[Puspa Kamal Dahal]]
| predecessor1 =
| birth_place= [[Saptari District|Saptari]], Nepal
| party = [[Terai Madhesh Rastriya Abhiyan]] (Ta.Ma.Ra)
| nationality = [[Nepal]]ese
| otherparty = [[Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal|Madheshi Janadhikar Forum (Republican)]] (till 2012) <br/>[[Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal]] (2008–2009) <br/>[[Nepali Congress]] (?–2008)
}}

'''Jay Prakash Gupta''' ({{lang-ne|जय प्रकाश गुप्ता}}), also referred to as ''Jay Prakash Anand'' or popularly ''JP Gupta'', is a Nepalese politician and former member of the [[Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal|Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal(Republican)]] party. He was born in Saptari District, Nepal. Before joining forum, he was a member of [[Nepali Congress]]. His political career was going very well from this party but he left the party during Madhesh movement. He is presently running Terai Madhesh Rastriya Abhiyan.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=साह|first=बीपी|date=2016-02-11|title=उपेन्द्रले नमान्दा मातृका र जेपी मोर्चाबाट ‘आउट’|url=https://www.hulakinews.com/archives/5804|access-date=2021-06-17|website=Hulaki News|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Nepali Times {{!}} The Brief » Blog Archive » Gupta jailed|url=https://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2012/02/22/gupta-jailed/|access-date=2021-06-17|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Political career ==
Gupta, once an influential leader of a time in Nepali Congress left the party claiming the party was not seriously listening to voice and demand of madhesh during the [[Madhes Movement|Madhesh Movement]]. He was not the alone to do so. Infleuential leaders including [[Mahantha Thakur]], [[Bijay Kumar Gachhadar]] and [[Sharat Singh Bhandari|Sarad Singh Bhandari]] had also left the party with similar voice. After this, he joined [[Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal|Madheshi Janadhikar Forum]]. Due to difference in political vision, the party was divided and hence Gupta joined [[Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal|Madheshi Janadhikar Forum(Republican)]].<ref>{{Citation|title=List of members elected in the 2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election|date=2021-04-06|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_members_elected_in_the_2008_Nepalese_Constituent_Assembly_election&oldid=1016224216|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2021-06-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Nepali Times {{!}} The Brief » Blog Archive » Who is Gupta?|url=https://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2012/02/22/gupta-jailed/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-17|language=en-US}}</ref>

Gupta had won [[1994 Nepalese general election|1994]] and [[1999 Nepalese general election|1999]] election from [[Saptari 1 (constituency)|Saptari-1]] from Nepali Congress ticket and was once an influential leader of the party and area. In 2008, he won in the [[2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election|First Constituent Assembly Election]] and became a [[List of members elected in the 2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election|CA member]]. Following this, he became [[Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (Nepal)|Minister for Agriculture and Cooperatives]] in the [[First Dahal cabinet|first Dahal Cabinet]] as a part of agreement between forum and [[Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)|CPN(Maoist)]].<ref>{{Citation|title=First Dahal cabinet|date=2019-12-16|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=First_Dahal_cabinet&oldid=931077440|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2021-06-17}}</ref>

He had previously been sworn five times as Minister between 2054 and 2059, once as state minister and four times as cabinet minister as [[Ministry of Information and Communications (Nepal)|Minister for Communication and Information]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ministry of Communication and Information Technology|url=https://mocit.gov.np/detail/ex-ministers-of-moic|access-date=2021-06-17|website=mocit.gov.np}}</ref> While he was in [[Bhattarai cabinet|Baburam Bhattarai cabinet]], he was proven accused in the case of abuse of authority and had to stay in jail for 18 months.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2012-02-22|title=Nepal talks after cabinet minister Gupta is jailed|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-17125968|access-date=2021-06-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-02-21|title=भ्रष्टाचारको आरोपमा मन्त्री गुप्ता जेल चलान|url=https://www.bbc.com/nepali/news/2012/02/120221_gupta_corruption|access-date=2021-06-17|website=BBC News नेपाली|language=ne}}</ref> This is the single case in Nepal when a sitting minister was jailed. At various point of time, he said it was as per a plan to destroy his political career by some people who were unhappy with his steps and were jealous of his achievements.After about 13 months of life in prison, he got released on 21 February 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-03-18|title=Former minister JP Gupta released from prison|url=https://nepaliheadlines.com/former-minister-jp-gupta-released-from-prison/|access-date=2021-06-17|website=Nepali Headlines,Nepal News, Nepali News, News Nepal|language=en-US}}</ref>

Presently, he seems to be away from active politics but he is active in his political mission of his own and keeps on visiting villages, knowing experiences and problems of people. He is presently running Terai Madhesh Rastriya Abhiyan. He's not seen much publicly these days and specially after 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|last=रातोपाटी|title=‘ओलीसँग टाँसिएर जसपाको माग पूरा हुँदैन’|url=https://ratopati.com/story/176565/2021/4/20/jp-gupta-interview|access-date=2021-06-18|website=RatoPati|language=Nepali}}</ref> He was expected to contest elections from his own party but he didn't in [[2017 Nepalese general election|2017]] and it still remains controversial why he is so silent.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=रातोपाटी|title=जेपी गुप्ता भए सक्रिय, आन्दोलनको तयारी|url=https://ratopati.com/story/59107|access-date=2021-06-18|website=RatoPati|language=Nepali}}</ref>

== Published books ==
"अख्तियारको थुना"(English-Akhtiyako thuna) by Jay Prakash Gupta<ref>{{Cite web|last=Awecode|title=Books by Jay Prakash Gupta (जयप्रकाश गुप्ता)|url=https://thuprai.com/author/jay-prakash-gupta/|access-date=2021-06-17|website=Thuprai|language=en}}</ref>

== Electoral history ==
Except the 1991 election, Gupta remained victorious in every election he gave candidacy. Still he couldn't contest 2013 elections as he was in jail. On the other-hand, surprisingly he even didn't contest 2017 election though he was expected to contest.<ref name=":1" />

=== Election in 2000s ===
==== [[2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election|2008 Constituent Assembly election]] ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |[[Saptari 2 (constituency)|Saptari-2]]
|-
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
|-
| style="background-color:orangered" |
|[[Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal]]
|Jay Prakash Prasad Gupta
|8,515
|-
| style="background-color:olivedrab" |
|[[Tarai-Madhesh Loktantrik Party|Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party]]
|Bijay Kumar Yadav
|5,765
|-
| style="background-color:seagreen" |
|[[Sadbhavana Party]]
|Madhuri Mandal
|5,384
|-
| style="background-color:darkred" |
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)|CPN (Maoist)]]
|Ashok Kumar Mandal
|4,119
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[[Nepali Congress]]
|Dev Narayan Mandal
|3,789
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |
|[[CPN (UML)|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|Jag Dev Yadav
|2,922
|-
| style="background-color:#e0ffff" |
|[[Dalit Janajati Party]]
|Raj Kishor Khang
|1,821
|-
|
|[[Rastriya Janata Dal Nepal]]
|Dev Narayan Mukhiya
|1,660
|-
| style="background-color:greenyellow" |
|[[Nepal Sadbhavana Party (Anandidevi)]]
|Bikas Kumar Tiwari
|1,036
|-
|
|Others
|
|3,629
|-
| colspan="3" |Invalid votes
|3,963
|-
! colspan="2" |Result
! colspan="2" |MJFN gain
|-
| colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-10-03|title=Ca Election report|url=http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php|access-date=2020-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003184536/http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php|archive-date=2009-10-03}}</ref>
|}

=== Election in the 1990s ===
==== [[1999 Nepalese legislative election|1999 legislative elections]] ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |[[Saptari 1 (constituency)|Saptari-1]]
|-
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[[Nepali Congress]]
|Jay Prakash Anand
|15,083
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |
|[[CPN (UML)|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|Hira Lal Chaudhary
|13,853
|-
| style="background-color:yellowgreen" |
|[[Nepal Sadbhawana Party]]
|Mamata Jha
|7,178
|-
| style="background-color:indianred" |
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) (1998)|CPN (Marxist–Leninist)]]
|Jagadish Prasad Yadav
|5,820
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent}}" |
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|Shrawan Kumar Bista
|3,793
|-
| style="background-color:gold" |
|[[Rastriya Prajatantra Party]]
|Guru Sharan Rohita
|2,476
|-
|
| colspan="2" |Others
|1,385
|-
| colspan="3" |Invalid Votes
|1,899
|-
! colspan="2" |Result
! colspan="2" |Congress hold
|-
| colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission<ref name="archive">{{Cite web|date=2008-01-24|title=Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates|url=http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php|access-date=2020-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124110554/http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php|archive-date=2008-01-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Election Results'99|url=https://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/ec/alldistconst.htm|access-date=2020-11-15|website=nepalresearch.org}}</ref>
|}

==== [[1994 Nepalese legislative election|1994 legislative elections]] ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |[[Saptari 1 (constituency)|Saptari-1]]
|-
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[[Nepali Congress]]
|Jay Prakash Anand
|18,006
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}" |
|[[CPN (UML)|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|Hira Lal Chaudhary
|13,885
|-
| style="background-color:gold" |
|[[Rastriya Prajatantra Party]]
|Devendra Jha
|6,200
|-
| style="background-color:yellowgreen" |
|[[Nepal Sadbhawana Party]]
|Muralidhar Yadav
|3,204
|-
|
| colspan="2" |Others
|1,687
|-
! colspan="2" |Result
! colspan="2" |Congress gain
|-
| colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission<ref name="archive" />
|}

==== [[1991 Nepalese legislative election|1991 legislative elections]] ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |[[Saptari 1 (constituency)|Saptari-1]]
|-
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}" |
|[[CPN (UML)|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|Hira Lal Chaudhary
|13,973
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[[Nepali Congress]]
|Jay Prakash Anand
|12,050
|-
! colspan="2" |Result
! colspan="2" |CPN (UML) gain
|-
| colspan="4" |Source: [http://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/election_1991_constituency_results_english.pdf]
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Nepali Congress politicians]]
[[Category:Government ministers of Nepal]]
[[Category:Members of the Nepalese Constituent Assembly]]
[[Category:People from Saptari District]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Nepal MPs 1994–1999]]
[[Category:Nepal MPs 1999–2002]]
[[Category:Nepalese prisoners and detainees]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]

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