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Haryana Assembly Polls: Kamal Gupta, Hisar MLA

He was appointed as BJP’s Hisar district president in 2012.

Updated on: Sep 16, 2019 10:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By
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Kamal Gupta contested his first assembly elections way back in 1996 on a BJP ticket and finished third. He was appointed as BJP’s Hisar district president in 2012. He emerged victorious in the 2014 assembly polls.

Kamal Gupta, Hisar MLA (HT Photo)
Kamal Gupta, Hisar MLA (HT Photo)

Educational Qualification: MBBS, MS (surgery)

Assets: Total: 93.16 lakh

Moveable: 38.16 lakh

Immovable: 55 lakh

Electoral history:

2014: Kamal Gupta of BJP defeated Savitri Jindal of Congress by 13,646 votes.

2009: Savitri Jindal defeated Gautam Sardana, an Independent, by 14,728 votes.

2005: OP Jindal of Congress defeated Hari Singh Saini, an Independent, by 10,883 votes.

Constituency primer:

Primarily an urban constituency, Hisar has a dominant Punjabi and Bania vote-bank followed by sizeable backward-class voters. The constituency carries the stamp of Jindal family that runs a steel plant there. Steel tycoon Om Prakash Jindal and his wife Savitri have won five times from Hisar, including a bypoll necessitated due to his demise.

How he performed:

MLA’s quote

I have the satisfaction of achieving whatever I planned for my constituency. We did not merely initiate projects by laying customary foundation stones, but monitored their progress closely and ensured their completion.

By the way:

He was a practising general surgeon till 2012.

 
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