Prem Chand Gupta

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|2|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bhiwani, Punjab, India
(now in Haryana, India)

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| office = Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

| term_start = 10 April 2020

| constituency = Bihar

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| constituency2 = Jharkhand

| term_start2 = 10 April 2014

| term_end2 = 9 April 2020

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| successor2 = Shibu Soren

| office3 = Minister of Corporate Affairs

| primeminister3 = Manmohan Singh

| term_start3 = 30 May 2004

|term_end3 = 30 November 2008

|successor3 = H. R. Bhardwaj

|predecessor3 = Inder Kumar Gujral

| party = Rashtriya Janata Dal

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Prem Chand Gupta (born 3 February 1950) is an Indian politician and a former cabinet minister in Ministry of Corporate Affairs of India.{{Cite web |url=https://india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/prem-chand-gupta |title=Prem Chand Gupta | National Portal of India |access-date=10 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227130445/https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/prem-chand-gupta |archive-date=27 December 2017 |url-status=dead }} He is a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian Parliament from Bihar.{{cite web | url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/rajya-sabha-elections-all-five-candidates-in-bihar-elected-unopposed/566273 | title=Rajya Sabha elections: All five candidates in Bihar elected unopposed | publisher=Times Now | date=18 March 2020 | accessdate=19 March 2020}} Earlier, he was elected from Jharkhand to the Rajya Sabha.{{cite news | url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/nathwani-gupta-elected-to-rs-unopposed-from-jharkhand-114013101088_1.html | title=Nathwani, Gupta elected to RS unopposed from Jharkhand | newspaper=Business Standard India | publisher=Business Standard | date=31 January 2014 | accessdate=19 March 2020| agency=Press Trust of India }} He had some involvement in coal scam.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/cbi-books-rjd-mp-son-in-coal-scam-case/article6275364.ece|title=CBI books RJD MP, son in Coal scam case|last=Pandey|first=Devesh K.|date=2014-08-02|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-07-04|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}} He was previously an NRI based in Hong Kong who promoted a factory manufacturing watches in India (Indo Swiss Time) and entered politics later. He currently lives in South Extension, New Delhi.

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