Prem Chand Gupta

Prem Chand Gupta (born 3 February 1950) is an Indian politician and a former cabinet minister in Ministry of Corporate Affairs of India.^[1] He is a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian Parliament from Bihar.^[2] Earlier, he was elected from Jharkhand to the Rajya Sabha.^[3] He had some involvement in coal scam.^[4] 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.^[5]

Prem Chand Gupta
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 April 2020
Constituency	Bihar
In office 10 April 2014 – 9 April 2020
Succeeded by	Shibu Soren
Constituency	Jharkhand
Minister of Corporate Affairs
In office 30 May 2004 – 30 November 2008
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Inder Kumar Gujral
Succeeded by	H. R. Bhardwaj
Personal details
Born	(1950-02-03) 3 February 1950 (age 75) Bhiwani, Punjab, India (now in Haryana, India)
Political party	Rashtriya Janata Dal

Rajya Sabha Elections

Position	Party		Constituency	From	To	Tenure
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (1st Term)		JD	Bihar	10 April 1996	9 April 2002	5 years, 364 days
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (2nd Term)		RJD		10 April 2002	9 April 2008	5 years, 365 days
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (3rd Term)				10 April 2008	12 February 2014	5 years, 308 days
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (4th Term)			Jharkhand	10 April 2014	25 March 2020	5 years, 350 days
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (5th Term)			Bihar	10 April 2020	9 April 2026	5 years, 222 days