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| name = Raj Kumar Gupta<br />
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| birth_date = {{circa|1935}}<br />
| death_date = 11 February 2020 (aged 85)<br />
| office1 = [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| constituency1 = [[Jalandhar Central Assembly Constituency|Jullundur Central]]<br />
| term_start1 = 2002<br />
| term_end1 = 2007<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Manoranjan Kalia]]<br />
| successor1 = [[Manoranjan Kalia]]<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Raj Kumar Gupta''' ({{circa|1935}} – 11 February 2020) was an Indian politician from [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] belonging to [[Indian National Congress]]. He was a legislator of the [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]]. He also served as the chairman of Punjab Small Industries and Export Corporation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/rajkumar-gupta-assuming-charge-as-chairman-psiec/610635<br />
|title=Rajkumar Gupta Assuming Charge As Chairman PSIEC<br />
|date=22 September 2008<br />
|accessdate=12 February 2020|website=Outlook}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Gupta was elected as a member of the [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]] from [[Jalandhar Central Assembly Constituency|Jullundur Central]] in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/punjab/assembly-constituencies/2002-election-results.html<br />
|title=Punjab Assembly Election Results in 2002<br />
|accessdate=28 December 2019|website=www.elections.in}}</ref> He was not nominated from [[Indian National Congress]] in 2007. After this incident he joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. He returned to [[Indian National Congress]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/punjab-assembly-elections-2017/punjab-elections-in-jalandhar-raj-kumar-gupta-denied-congress-ticket-yet-again-4477811/<br />
|title=Punjab elections: In Jalandhar, Raj Kumar Gupta denied Congress ticket yet again|date=17 January 2017<br />
|accessdate=12 February 2020|website=The Indian Express}}</ref><br />
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Gupta died on 11 February 2020 at the age of 85.<ref>{{cite news|accessdate=12 February 2020|website=PTC News|url=https://www.ptcnews.tv/captain-amarinder-on-ex-mla-raj-kumar-gupta-death-punjab-news-en/<br />
|title=Captain Amarinder Singh mourns passing away of Ex-MLA Raj Kumar Gupta<br />
|date=12 February 2020<br />
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|accessdate=12 February 2020|url=http://www.uniindia.com/cm-mourns-passing-away-of-ex-mla/north/news/1885473.html<br />
|title=CM mourns passing away of Ex-MLA<br />
|date=12 February 2020|website=United News of India <br />
}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Punjab, India MLAs 2002–2007]]<br />
[[Category:1930s births]]<br />
[[Category:People from Jalandhar district]]<br />
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