Abhilasha Gupta | |
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Mayor of Prayagraj | |
In office 7 July 2012 –2023 | |
Preceded by | Ch.Jitendra Nath Singh |
Succeeded by | Ganesh Kesarwani |
Personal details | |
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Spouse | Nand Gopal Gupta (m. 1995) |
Education | Graduate |
Abhilasha Gupta Nandi is a politician from Prayagraj,Uttar Pradesh,India. [1] She was mayor of the Prayagraj Municipal Corporation from 2012-2023. [2]
She was elected mayor on 7 July 2012, [3] becoming the youngest person to have been elected to the post. In the 2012 Mayoral election,she defeated her nearest rival Kamla Singh of the BJP by a comprehensive margin of more than 69,000 votes. [4] She is married to Nand Gopal Nandi. [5] [6]
She was arrested on 14 February 2014 [7] in a case related to the alleged violation of the model code of conduct in 2012 civic body polls. [8] Abhilasha and her husband Nand Gopal Nandi who was affiliated with Bahujan Samaj Party,have been expelled from the party for their alleged anti-party activities in a case related to the alleged violation of the model code of conduct in 2012 civic body polls [9] in March,2014.
She joined the BJP in January,2017,along with her husband Nand Gopal Nandi.[ citation needed ]
Gupta comfortably defended her post in the Mayoral elections of 2017,defeating her nearest rival,Samajwadi Party's Vinod Dubey,by more than 63,000 votes. [10]
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