1. Kavinder Gupta was born on 2 December 1959 and is an Indian politician from the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
13 Facts About Kavinder Gupta
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Kavinder Gupta is the last Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir state.
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Kavinder Gupta was jailed for thirteen months during The Emergency.
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Kavinder Gupta served as the secretary of the Punjab unit of the Vishva Hindu Parishad from 1978 to 1979.
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Kavinder Gupta served as the chief of the Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Bharatiya Yuva Morcha from 1993 till 1998.
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Kavinder Gupta was elected mayor of the city of Jammu for a record three consecutive terms, from 2005 to 2010.
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Kavinder Gupta defeated Raman Bhalla of the Indian National Congress, the incumbent.
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On 19 March 2015, Kavinder Gupta was elected speaker of the assembly.
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Kavinder Gupta became the first ever Bharatiya Janata Party leader to be appointed as the speaker.
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On 30 April 2018, Kavinder Gupta was appointed as the Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir state as a part of a cabinet reshuffle.
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On 19 June 2018, Kavinder Gupta resigned from the post of Deputy Chief Minister after 51 days of taking the oath as BJP pulled out from the alliance with PDP.
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In February 2015, Kavinder Gupta courted controversy by blaming the Rohingya Muslim refugees for the 2018 Sunjuwan attack on an army camp.
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Kavinder Gupta later said that the media had misinterpreted his comment.