Kavinder Gupta - Revision history

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	\|name = Kavinder Gupta		\|name = Kavinder Gupta
	\|image = Kavinder Gupta.~~png~~		\|image = Kavinder Gupta 2025 portrait.jpg
	\|caption = Gupta ~~after being elected as the~~ [[~~Deputy Chief Minister~~ of ~~Jammu and Kashmir~~\|~~Deputy CM~~]]		\|caption = Gupta, {{circa\|2025}}
	\|~~office~~ = [[Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir]]		\|office1 = [[List of governors of Himachal Pradesh\|Governor of Himachal Pradesh]]
	\|~~term_start~~ = 30 April 2018		\|term_start1 = 10 March 2026
	\|~~term_end~~ = 19 June 2018		\|predecessor1 = [[Shiv Pratap Shukla]]
	\|~~governor~~ = [[Narinder Nath Vohra]]		\|office2 = [[List of lieutenant governors of Ladakh\|Lieutenant governor of Ladakh]]
	\|~~1blankname~~ = [[List of Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir\|Chief Minister]]		\|term_start2 = 18 July 2025
	\|~~1namedata~~ = [[Mehbooba Mufti]]		\|term_end2 = 13 March 2026
	\|~~predecessor~~ = [[Nirmal Kumar Singh]]		\|predecessor2 = [[B. D. Mishra]]
	\|~~successor~~ = [[President's rule]]		\|successor2 = [[Vinai Kumar Saxena]]
	\|~~office2~~ = [[Speaker of the Legislative Assembly (India)\|Speaker]] of the [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]		\|office3 = [[Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir]]
	\|~~term_start2~~ = 18 March 2015		\|term_start3 = 30 April 2018
	\|~~term_end2~~ = 29 April 2018		\|term_end3 = 19 June 2018
	\|~~governor2~~ = [[Narinder Nath Vohra]]		\|governor3 = [[Narinder Nath Vohra]]
	\|~~1blankname2~~ = [[List of Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir\|Chief Minister]]		\|1blankname3 = [[List of Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir\|Chief Minister]]
	\|~~1namedata2~~ = [[Mehbooba Mufti]]		\|1namedata3 = [[Mehbooba Mufti]]
	\|~~predecessor2~~ = [[Mubarak Gul]]		\|predecessor3 = [[Nirmal Kumar Singh]]
	\|~~successor2~~ = [[Nirmal Kumar Singh]]		\|successor3 = [[President's rule]]
	\|~~office3~~ = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)\|Member]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]		\|office4 = [[Speaker of the Legislative Assembly (India)\|Speaker]] of the [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]
	\|~~term_start3~~ = 23 December 2014		\|term_start4 = 18 March 2015
	\|~~term_end3~~ = 2018		\|term_end4 = 29 April 2018
	\|~~governor3~~ = [[Narinder Nath Vohra]]		\|governor4 = [[Narinder Nath Vohra]]
	\|~~1blankname3~~ = [[List of Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir\|Chief Minister]]		\|1blankname4 = [[List of Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir\|Chief Minister]]
	\|~~1namedata3~~ = [[Mehbooba Mufti]]		\|1namedata4 = [[Mehbooba Mufti]]
	\|~~predecessor3~~ = Raman Bhalla		\|predecessor4 = [[Mubarak Gul]]
	\|~~successor3~~ = Vacant		\|successor4 = [[Nirmal Kumar Singh]]
	\|~~constituency3~~ = [[Gandhinagar (Jammu and Kashmir Assembly constituency)\|Gandhinagar]]		\|office5 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)\|Member]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]
	\|~~office4~~ = [[Mayor]] of [[Jammu]]		\|term_start5 = 23 December 2014
	\|~~term_start4~~ = 2005		\|term_end5 = 2018
	\|~~term_end4~~ = 2010		\|governor5 = [[Narinder Nath Vohra]]
			\|1blankname5 = [[List of Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir\|Chief Minister]]
			\|1namedata5 = [[Mehbooba Mufti]]
			\|predecessor5 = Raman Bhalla
			\|successor5 = Vacant
			\|constituency5 = [[Gandhinagar (Jammu and Kashmir Assembly constituency)\|Gandhinagar]]
			\|office6 = [[Mayor]] of [[Jammu]]
			\|term_start6 = 2005
			\|term_end6 = 2010
	\|birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|1959\|12\|2\|df=y}}		\|birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|1959\|12\|2\|df=y}}
	\|birth_place = [[Jammu]], [[India]]		\|birth_place = [[Jammu]], [[India]]

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	\|predecessor = [[Nirmal Kumar Singh]]		\|predecessor = [[Nirmal Kumar Singh]]
	\|successor = [[President's rule]]		\|successor = [[President's rule]]
	\|~~constituency~~ = [[~~Gandhinagar~~ (~~Jammu and Kashmir Assembly constituency~~)\|~~Gandhinagar~~]]		\|office2 = [[Speaker of the Legislative Assembly (India)\|Speaker]] of the [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]
	~~\|office2 = Speaker~~ of the [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]
	\|term_start2 = 18 March 2015		\|term_start2 = 18 March 2015
	\|term_end2 = 29 April 2018		\|term_end2 = 29 April 2018
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	\|1blankname2 = [[List of Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir\|Chief Minister]]		\|1blankname2 = [[List of Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir\|Chief Minister]]
	\|1namedata2 = [[Mehbooba Mufti]]		\|1namedata2 = [[Mehbooba Mufti]]
	\|predecessor2 = Mubarak Gul		\|predecessor2 = [[Mubarak Gul]]
	\|successor2 = [[Nirmal Kumar Singh]]		\|successor2 = [[Nirmal Kumar Singh]]
	~~\|constituency2 = [[Gandhinagar (Jammu and Kashmir Assembly constituency)\|Gandhinagar]]~~
	\|office3 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)\|Member]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]		\|office3 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)\|Member]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]
	\|term_start3 = 23 December 2014		\|term_start3 = 23 December 2014
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	\|1namedata3 = [[Mehbooba Mufti]]		\|1namedata3 = [[Mehbooba Mufti]]
	\|predecessor3 = Raman Bhalla		\|predecessor3 = Raman Bhalla
	\|successor3 =		\|successor3 = Vacant
	\|constituency3 = [[Gandhinagar (Jammu and Kashmir Assembly constituency)\|Gandhinagar]]		\|constituency3 = [[Gandhinagar (Jammu and Kashmir Assembly constituency)\|Gandhinagar]]
	\|office4 = [[Mayor]] of [[Jammu]]		\|office4 = [[Mayor]] of [[Jammu]]
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	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	Gupta was born on 2 December 1959. He has three children – two daughters and one son.<ref name="Who is Kavinder Gupta?">{{cite web\|title=Who is Kavinder Gupta?\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/who-is/who-is-kavinder-gupta-jk-deputy-chief-minister-5157470/\|work=The Indian Express\|accessdate=1 May 2018\|date=30 April 2018}}</ref>		Kavinder Gupta was born on 2 December 1959. He has three children – two daughters and one son.<ref name="Who is Kavinder Gupta?">{{cite web\|title=Who is Kavinder Gupta?\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/who-is/who-is-kavinder-gupta-jk-deputy-chief-minister-5157470/\|work=The Indian Express\|accessdate=1 May 2018\|date=30 April 2018}}</ref>

	==Political career==		==Political career==

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Kavinder Gupta
|image = Kavinder Gupta.png
|caption = Gupta after being elected as the [[Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir|Deputy CM]]
|office = [[Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir]]
|term_start = 30 April 2018
|term_end = 19 June 2018
|governor = [[Narinder Nath Vohra]]
|1blankname = [[List of Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir|Chief Minister]]
|1namedata = [[Mehbooba Mufti]]
|predecessor = [[Nirmal Kumar Singh]]
|successor = [[President's rule]]
|constituency = [[Gandhinagar (Jammu and Kashmir Assembly constituency)|Gandhinagar]]
|office2 = Speaker of the [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]
|term_start2 = 18 March 2015
|term_end2 = 29 April 2018
|governor2 = [[Narinder Nath Vohra]]
|1blankname2 = [[List of Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir|Chief Minister]]
|1namedata2 = [[Mehbooba Mufti]]
|predecessor2 = Mubarak Gul
|successor2 = [[Nirmal Kumar Singh]]
|constituency2 = [[Gandhinagar (Jammu and Kashmir Assembly constituency)|Gandhinagar]]
|office3 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]
|term_start3 = 23 December 2014
|term_end3 = 2018
|governor3 = [[Narinder Nath Vohra]]
|1blankname3 = [[List of Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir|Chief Minister]]
|1namedata3 = [[Mehbooba Mufti]]
|predecessor3 = Raman Bhalla
|successor3 =
|constituency3 = [[Gandhinagar (Jammu and Kashmir Assembly constituency)|Gandhinagar]]
|office4 = [[Mayor]] of [[Jammu]]
|term_start4 = 2005
|term_end4 = 2010
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|12|2|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Jammu]], [[India]]
|nationality = [[India]]n
|party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|occupation = [[Politician]]
}}

'''Kavinder Gupta''' (born 2 December 1959) is an Indian politician from the union territory of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)| Jammu and Kashmir]]. He is the last [[Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir]].

==Personal life==
Gupta was born on 2 December 1959. He has three children – two daughters and one son.<ref name="Who is Kavinder Gupta?">{{cite web|title=Who is Kavinder Gupta?|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/who-is/who-is-kavinder-gupta-jk-deputy-chief-minister-5157470/|work=The Indian Express|accessdate=1 May 2018|date=30 April 2018}}</ref>

==Political career==
Gupta joined the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] at the age of thirteen. He was jailed for thirteen months during [[The Emergency (India)|The Emergency]]. Gupta served as the secretary of the [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] unit of the [[Vishva Hindu Parishad]] from 1978 to 1979. He also served as the chief of the [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] unit of the [[Bharatiya Yuva Morcha]] from 1993 till 1998.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kavinder Gupta, who joined RSS at age of 13, is Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/apr/30/kavinder-gupta-who-joined-rss-at-age-of-13-is-jammu-and-kashmir-deputy-chief-minister-1808328.html|accessdate=2 May 2018|date=30 April 2018|work=New Indian Express}}</ref>

Gupta was elected mayor of the city of [[Jammu]] for a record three consecutive terms, from 2005 to 2010.<ref name="Who is Kavinder Gupta?"/> In the [[2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]], he contested as a member of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and was elected a [[Member of Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Gandhinagar (Jammu and Kashmir Assembly constituency)|Gandhinagar constituency]]. He defeated Raman Bhalla of the [[Indian National Congress]], the incumbent.<ref name="Who is Kavinder Gupta?"/> On 19 March 2015, Gupta was elected [[Speaker (politics)|speaker]] of the assembly. He also became the first ever Bharatiya Janata Party leader to be appointed as the speaker.<ref>{{cite web|title=BJP Legislator Kavinder Gupta elected as the Speaker of the 12th Jammu & Kashmir Assembly|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/bjp-mla-kavinder-gupta-the-new-speaker-of-jammu-and-kashmir-assembly-244983-2015-03-19|work=India Today|accessdate=2 May 2018|date=19 March 2015}}</ref>

On 30 April 2018, Gupta was appointed as the [[Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir]] state as a part of a cabinet reshuffle. He succeeded [[Nirmal Kumar Singh]].<ref name="Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet reshuffle: Kavinder Gupta, Rajiv Jasrotia and Sunil Sharma among 8 ministers sworn in">{{cite web|title=Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet reshuffle: Kavinder Gupta, Rajiv Jasrotia and Sunil Sharma among 8 ministers sworn in|url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/jammu-and-kashmir-cabinet-reshuffle-kavinder-gupta-and-rajiv-jasrotia-among-8-ministers-sworn-in-a-look-at-the-new-inductees-4451793.html|work=First Post|accessdate=2 May 2018|date=1 May 2018}}</ref>

==Controversies==
In February 2015, Gupta courted controversy by blaming the [[Rohingya people|Rohingya Muslim refugees]] for the [[2018 Sunjuwan attack]] on an army camp.<ref name="Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet reshuffle: Kavinder Gupta, Rajiv Jasrotia and Sunil Sharma among 8 ministers sworn in"/> After being sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister of the state, Gupta stated that the [[2018 Kathua rape case|Kathua rape case]] was a "small incident [which] should not be given too much importance". Hindu right-wing groups had held rallies supporting the accused in the case, the gang-rape and murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl. He faced criticism from opposition Congress party and opposition leader [[Omar Abdullah]]. Gupta later said that the media had misinterpreted his comment.<ref>{{cite web|title=J&K deputy CM Kavinder Gupta calls Kathua rape a ‘small incident’, later clarifies|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/jk-deputy-cm-calls-kathua-rape-a-small-incident-clarifies/articleshow/63975663.cms|work=The Times of India|accessdate=2 May 2018|date=1 May 2018}}</ref>

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