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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Indrajeet Prasad Gupta
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|1|1}} 
| birth_place = Patauna, [[Jamui district]], [[Bihar]], India
| occupation = Politician
| party = [[Indian Inclusive Party]]
| other_party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| office = Member of the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency = [[Saharsa Assembly constituency|Saharsa]]
| term_start = 14 November 2025
| predecessor = [[Alok Ranjan Jha]]
| office1 = National President of the [[Indian Inclusive Party]]
| term_start1 = 11 October 2025
| predecessor1 = ''Position established''
| image =
| term_end = Present
}}

'''Indrajeet Prasad Gupta''' (born c. 1970), also known as '''Er I P Gupta''', is an Indian politician and the National President of the [[Indian Inclusive Party]]. He currently serves as the Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from the [[Saharsa Assembly constituency]].

He won the 2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election with 115,036 votes, defeating BJP candidate Alok Ranjan Jha, who secured 112,998 votes, giving Gupta a victory margin of 2,038 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S0475.htm|title=Saharsa Assembly Constituency 2025 Result – ECI}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Gupta hails from Patauna in Jamui district, Bihar. He completed his M.Tech. in Civil Engineering from [[Maharshi Dayanand University|M.D.U. Rohtak]], Haryana, in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.myneta.info/Bihar2025/candidate.php?candidate_id=1428|title=MyNeta Candidate Profile – Bihar 2025}}</ref> He is a successful businessmen and according the most recent property details he submitted to election commission of India, he has property worth more than Rs 35 Crores.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Indrajeet Prasad Gupta(Indian Inclusive Party):Constituency- SAHARSA(SAHARSA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: |url=https://www.myneta.info/Bihar2025/candidate.php?candidate_id=1428 |access-date=2025-11-20 |website=www.myneta.info}}</ref>

== Political career ==

=== Early elections ===
In the [[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]], Gupta contested from the [[Sikandra, Bihar Assembly constituency|Sikandra]] as an Independent candidate.
He received 7,576 votes and secured the 5th position.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.myneta.info/Bihar2020/candidate.php?candidate_id=10455|title=MyNeta – Sikandra 2020}}</ref> At that time he was member of Lok Janshakti Party<ref>{{Cite news |title=लोजपा में शामिल हुए पान महासंघ के अध्यक्ष आईपी गुप्ता, राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष ने दिलाई सदस्यता |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/bihar/jamui/news/pan-gupta-federation-president-ip-gupta-joins-ljp-national-president-gives-membership-074556-5987623.html |access-date=20 November 2025 |work=Dainik Bhaskar}}</ref> One year after defeat in Bihar Assembly Election 2020, he joined Indian National Congress in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-10-29 |title=Meet new Opposition ally I P Gupta: Ex-Congress leader who planted feet at Gandhi Maidan |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/meet-new-opposition-ally-i-p-gupta-ex-congress-leader-who-planted-feet-at-gandhi-maidan-10332878/ |access-date=2025-11-20 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

=== Akhil Bhartiye Pan Mahasangh ===
I P Gupta has been national president of All India Pan Mahasangh, a pan india caste organisation of Pan, Tanti, Tatwa caste.<ref>{{Cite web |title='यह हमारे समाज की राजनीतिक चेतना का युग है' : अखिल भारतीय पान महासंघ के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष इंद्रजीत प्रसाद गुप्ता |url=https://hindi.caravanmagazine.in/politics/politics-election-caste-reservation-interview-hindi |access-date=2025-11-20 |website=hindi.caravanmagazine.in |language=en}}</ref>

=== Formation of the Indian Inclusive Party ===
Gupta quit the Indian National Congress on 7 April 2025 after meeting Rahul Gandhi in Delhi. After that he organised a massive rally of Pan Caste in Gandhi Maidan, Patna on 13 April 2025. This rally was against the decision of government to cancel SC status to Pan caste in Bihar. I P Gupta announced the formation of Indian Inqlab Party that later renamed as [[Indian Inclusive Party]], (IIP), on 13 April 2025 in Gandhi Maidan itself.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-04-13 |title=Caste rallies gain momentum ahead of polls |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/caste-rallies-gain-momentum-ahead-of-polls/articleshow/120257273.cms |access-date=2025-11-20 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> He became the national president.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-13 |title=Bihar Politics: गांधी मैदान में पान समाज की रैली से बिहार की सियासत में नई हलचल, आईपी गुप्ता ने किया नई पार्टी का ऐलान |url=https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/patna/ip-gupta-announced-new-party-before-bihar-election-in-patna-2025 |access-date=2025-11-18 |website=Prabhat Khabar |language=hi}}</ref>

Indian Inclusive Party joined I.N.D.I.A after meeting Rahul Gandhi and Tejaswi Yadav and got three seats in Bihar Assembly election 2025. These three seats were Saharsa, Jamalpur and Beldaur.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-10-29 |title=Meet new Opposition ally I P Gupta: Ex-Congress leader who planted feet at Gandhi Maidan |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/meet-new-opposition-ally-i-p-gupta-ex-congress-leader-who-planted-feet-at-gandhi-maidan-10332878/ |access-date=2025-11-20 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

=== Saharsa MLA (2025–present) ===
Gupta contested the [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]] from Saharsa on an IIP ticket and won by a narrow margin of 2,038 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://patnapress.com/bihar-election-ip-gupta-saharsa-win/|title=I P Gupta wins Saharsa seat – Patna Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Election Commission of India |date=14 November 2025 |title=General Election to Assembly Constituencies: Trends & Results November-2025 Assembly Constituency 75 - SAHARSA (Bihar) |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S0475.htm |access-date=18 November 2011 |website=Election Commission of India}}</ref>

== References ==
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