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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Adesh Kumar Gupta
| honorific-suffix =
| image = Adesh Kumar Gupta.jpg
| caption =
| deputy =
| successor =
| office = [[President (government title)#Sub-national|President]] of [[Delhi]] [[Indian state|state]] [[BJP]]
| predecessor = [[Manoj Tiwari (politician)|Manoj Tiwari]]
| primeminister1 =
| successor1 = Avtar Singh
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|01|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Gursahaiganj]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| spouse = Anuradha Gupta
| children = 3 Son
| residence =
| alma_mater = [[Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University]]
| website =
| awards =
| term_start = 2 June 2020
| term_end =
| title1 = [[North Delhi Municipal Corporation|Mayor of North Delhi]]
| term_start1 = April 2018
| term_end1 = 29 April 2019
| title2 =
| term_start2 =
| term_end2 =
| education = ( [[B.Sc.]] )
| years_active =
| organization =
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
}}
'''Adesh Kumar Gupta''' (born 1 April 1968) is an Indian politician. He is a member of the [[Bharatiya Janta Party]] (BJP) and the president of party's [[Delhi]] unit. Starting his political career as a twelfth-grade student when he joined the [[Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad]], he remained active in student politics when he attended [[Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University]]. His association with the [[Ram Janmabhoomi|Ram Mandir Movement]] led to his arrest and he was imprisoned for a year at [[Kanpur]] in 1991. He joined the [[Bharatiya Yuva Morcha]] when he moved to Delhi from his home district of [[Kannauj district|Kannauj]] in 1994. He campaigned in the [[2017 Municipal Corporation of Delhi election]] successfully from the [[West Patel Nagar]] ward and became the Mayor of [[North Delhi Municipal Corporation]] in April 2018, remaining in office till 29 April 2019. He was appointed president of Delhi BJP on 2 June 2020 by the [[List of presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party|National President of the BJP]], [[Jagat Prakash Nadda]], following the resignation of [[Manoj Tiwari (politician)|Manoj Tiwari]].

== Personal life ==
Gupta was born in 1969, the eldest son of Shambhu Dayal Gupta, in [[Gursahaiganj]], [[Kannauj]] (formerly a part of [[Farrukhabad district]] and now in [[Kannauj district]]), [[Uttar Pradesh]]. He received his twelfth-grade Higher Secondary School Certificate from Madan Mohan Malviya Inter College in 1987. He later attended [[Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University]] at Kanpur and graduated with a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree.<ref name="Jagran">{{Cite news |url=https://m.jagran.com/lite/uttar-pradesh/kanpur-city-bjp-new-delhi-president-adesh-gupta-political-background-start-from-kannauj-20345093.html?itm_source=AMP&itm_medium=recommendations&itm_campaign=sambandhit |title=कन्नौज से ठेकेदारी करने दिल्ली गए आदेश बन गए भाजपा प्रदेश अध्यक्ष, पढ़ें- राजनीतिक सफरनामा |date=3 June 2020 |access-date=4 June 2020 |location=Kannauj |work=[[Dainik Jagran]] |language=Hindi}}</ref><ref name="Hindustan2020">{{Cite news |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/ncr/new-delhi/story-who-is-delhi-bjp-new-president-adesh-gupta-his-background-and-profile-3254278.html |title=कौन हैं दिल्ली बीजेपी के नए अध्यक्ष आदेश गुप्ता, जानिए उनके बारे में सबकुछ, बिहार से थे मनोज तिवारी तो यूपी में आदेश की जड़ें |work=[[Hindustan (newspaper)|Hindustan]] |location=New Delhi |last=Jha |first=Sudhir |date=2 June 2020 |access-date=3 June 2020 |language=Hindi}}</ref>

After completing his higher education, he moved to Delhi in 1994 and started [[tutor]]ing to make his living in the city. After working as a tuition teacher for two years he established his own business.<ref name="NBT2020">{{Cite news |url=https://www.enavabharat.com/delhi-news-hindi/adesh-kumar-gupta-the-journey-from-a-tuition-teacher-to-delhi-pradesh-president-66410/ |title=आदेश कुमार गुप्ता: एक ट्यूशन टीचर से दिल्ली प्रदेश अध्यक्ष तक का सफर |work=[[Navbharat Times]] |date=2 June 2020 |access-date=4 June 2020 |location=New Delhi |language=Hindi |last=Shukla |first=Ravi}}</ref> However, his business was not successful and he returned to the teaching profession.<ref name="NBT2020" /> After tutoring for few more years he applied for the position of contractor with the [[Central Public Works Department]] and acquired considerable success in this profession.<ref name="NBT2020" /><ref name="AajTak2020">{{Cite news |url=https://aajtak.intoday.in/story/adesh-gupta-new-delhi-bjp-president-profile-ex-mayor-1-1196804.html |title=कौन हैं आदेश गुप्ता, जिन्हें मनोज तिवारी की जगह मिली दिल्ली BJP की कमान |work=[[Aaj Tak]] |date=2 June 2020 |access-date=3 June 2020 |language=Hindi |location=New Delhi}}</ref><ref name="IndExp2020">{{Cite news |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/adesh-kumar-gupta-replaces-manoj-tiwari-as-delhi-bjp-chief-6438916/ |title=Ex-MCD mayor replaces Tiwari as Delhi BJP chief |date=3 June 2020 |access-date=4 June 2020 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |location=New Delhi |last=Rajput |first=Abhinav}}</ref>

== Political career ==
Gupta is a member of the [[Bharatiya Janta Party]] (BJP) and is active in the politics of Delhi. He embarked on a career in politics after becoming a member of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) during his time in the Madan Mohan Malviya Inter College as a twelfth-grade student in 1987.<ref name="Jagran" /><ref name="IndExp2020" /> His involvement in student politics continued at Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University. He rose in the ABVP to become the head of its district unit and later secretary of the state unit. He actively participated in the [[Ram Janmabhoomi|Ram Janmabhoomi Movement]] and canvassed students for its support. The Ram Janmabhoomi Movement was spearheaded by the BJP and the [[Vishwa Hindu Parishad]] to claim [[Ayodhya dispute|disputed land in Ayodhya]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], hypothesised to be the birthplace of the Hindu deity [[Rama]], for [[Hinduism|Hindus]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/ram-janmabhoomi-movement----engineered-by-ashok-singhal-and-charioted-by-l-k-advani/story/389542.html |title=Ram Janmabhoomi movement- engineered by Ashok Singhal and charioted by L K Advani |work=[[Business Today (India)|Business Today]] |date=9 November 2019 |access-date=16 July 2020 |agency=[[Press Trust of India]]}}</ref> Gupta's association with the movement led to his arrest by police in 1991 and his incarceration at a temporary prison at Kanpur for a year.<ref name="Jagran" />

Gupta joined the Bharatiya Yuva Morcha and became its national office secretary in 1994 under the leadership of president [[Dharmendra Pradhan]].<ref name="Hindustan2020"/><ref name="IndExp2020" /> He also held several positions in the BJP's Delhi unit from 2009 to 2014, becoming the West Patel Nagar Mandal President in 2009 and later the head of [[Najafgarh]] Mandal.<ref name="IndExp2020" />

In the 2017 Municipal Corporation of Delhi election, Gupta was given a BJP [[Ticket (election)|ticket]] to contest from the West Patel Nagar ward of the [[Karol Bagh]] Zone of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC). He won the election and in April 2018 became the Mayor of the NDMC.<ref name="AajTak2020" /> He was succeeded by Avtar Singh for the post of mayor on 29 April 2019. As a member of the NDMC, Gupta was elected unopposed as a member of the standing committee of the house on the same day he resigned as mayor.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi/2019/apr/30/mayors-for-north-east-municipal-bodies-sworn-in-1970896.html | title=Delhi: Mayors for north, east municipal bodies sworn in |date=30 April 2019 |access-date=4 June 2020 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |location=New Delhi}}</ref>

=== Delhi BJP President ===
Gupta was appointed the president of the Delhi BJP on 2 June 2020 by the National President of the BJP, [[Jagat Prakash Nadda]].<ref name="NDTV2020">{{Cite news |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/manoj-tiwari-replaced-by-adesh-kumar-gupta-as-delhi-bjp-president-2239378 |title=Manoj Tiwari Replaced As Delhi BJP President |work=[[NDTV]] |date=2 June 2020 |access-date=3 June 2020 |last=Sharma |first=Akhilesh }}</ref> He succeeded actor-politician and [[member of parliament]] [[Manoj Tiwari (politician)|Manoj Tiwari]], who had tendered his resignation due to unsatisfactory performance of the party in the [[2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election]] but had been asked by the party to remain in office until the new appointment to replace him. Gupta's appointment was viewed by multiple media sources as an attempt by the BJP to regain its traditional voters, including the [[Vaishya]] community to which Gupta belongs.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/guptas-appointment-as-delhi-bjp-chief-done-to-focus-on-workers-feel-leaders/1853886 |title=Gupta's appointment as Delhi BJP chief done to focus on workers, feel leaders |work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |date=2 June 2020 |access-date=13 July 2020 |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |location=New Delhi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/bjp-picks-adesh-gupta-regain-traditional-voters |title=BJP picks Adesh Gupta to regain traditional voters |date=6 June 2020 |access-date=13 July 2020 |last=Kumar |first=Navtan |work=[[The Sunday Guardian]] |location=New Delhi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/bjp-picks-adesh-kumar-gupta-to-regain-traditional-voters-uniting-the-party-120060700737_1.html |title=BJP picks Adesh Kumar Gupta to regain traditional voters, uniting the party |work=[[Business Standard]] |date=7 June 2020 |access-date=13 July 2020 |last=Sikdar |first=Shubhomoy}}</ref> After Gupta assumed the presidency, the Delhi BJP witnessed substantial changes in its organisational structure, including the commissioning of new presidents at the block and district level. The process was supposed to commence immediately after his appointment but it was delayed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Delhi]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/delhi-bjp-reorganisation-process-begins-11593869421380.html |title=Delhi BJP reorganisation process begins |work=[[Livemint]] |date=4 July 2020 |access-date=7 July 2020 |location=Delhi |agency=[[Press Trust of India]]}}</ref>

Gupta led a protest at [[Raj Ghat and associated memorials|Rajghat]] on 7 June 2020 along with other BJP leaders, including the Leader of Opposition of the [[Legislative Assembly of Delhi]], [[Ramvir Singh Bidhuri]], against the [[Government of Delhi]], accusing the latter of mishandling the COVID-19 pandemic in Delhi. They were detained by police for violating [[COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in India|lockdown norms]] and were taken to Rajendr Nagar Police Station.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/delhi/delhi-bjp-chief-adesh-gupta-party-mlas-detained-during-protest-against-aap-govt/cid/1779145 |title=Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta, party MLAs detained during protest against AAP govt |work=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]] |date=7 June 2020 |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |access-date=6 July 2020}}</ref>

The BJP unit of Delhi launched a 'Jan Jagran Abhiyan' ({{translation|Public Awareness Campaign}}) about the COVID-19 pandemic under Gupta on 17 June 2020. The campaign included all the members of parliament from Delhi and other senior leaders of the party, and involved the distribution of [[decoction]] packets, sanitizer bottles, and face masks in different areas of the city.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi/2020/jun/17/covid-19-bjp-launches-jan-jagran-abhiyan-drive-in-delhi-distributes-masks-and-sanitisers-2157625.html |title=COVID-19: BJP launches 'Jan Jagran Abhiyan' drive in Delhi, distributes masks and sanitisers |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=17 June 2020 |access-date=6 July 2020 |agency=Express News Service |location=New Delhi}}</ref>

Gupta headed the Delhi contingent of the party in the 'Sewa Hi Sangathan' ({{translation|Service is Organisation}}) virtual meeting of the BJP on 4 July 2020, which was attended by all of its regional units in the country and chaired by [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Narendra Modi]] in the presence of party national president Jagat Prakash Nadda. Gupta gave a presentation during the meeting and briefed the others about the different social works carried out by the party in Delhi under the 'Sewa Hi Sanathan' Campaign. These included COVID-19 relief measures and encouraging people to donate to the [[PM CARES Fund]] and its joint programme with [[Delhi Police]], 'Anivarya', to distribute sanitary napkins among women and girls living in the slums of Delhi.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/bjp-workers-helped-in-public-service/article31991594.ece |title=BJP workers helped in public service |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=4 July 2020 |access-date=7 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/delhi-bjp-chief-details-relief-work-undertaken-amid-covid-19-pandemic-at-party-meet/articleshow/76789983.cms |title=Delhi BJP chief details relief work undertaken amid COVID-19 pandemic at party meet |work=[[Business Insider]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |date=4 July 2020 |access-date=7 July 2020 |location=New Delhi}}</ref> Gupta also wrote to all three mayors of Delhi, including the North Delhi Municipal Corporation, the [[South Delhi Municipal Corporation]], and the [[East Delhi Municipal Corporation]], asking them not to go ahead with their respective anti-[[Structural encroachment|encroachment]] drives planned to be carried out citywide against [[Hawker (trade)|street vendors]] during the COVID-19 pandemic, noting its [[Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in India|economic impact]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/delhi-bjp-chief-asks-party-ruled-civic-bodies-to-postpone-anti-encroachment-drive-857937.html |title=Delhi BJP chief asks party-ruled civic bodies to postpone anti-encroachment drive |work=[[Deccan Herald]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |date=6 July 2020 |access-date=7 July 2020 |location=New Delhi}}</ref>

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