Abhilasha Gupta | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Prayagraj | |
| Assumed office 7 July 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Ch. Jitendra Nath Singh |
| 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 Allahabad 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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- ^ "Abhilasha Gupta gets elected to the post of Allahabad Mayor". NDTV. 7 July 2012.
- ^ "Mayor of the city". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
- ^ "Allahabad Nagar Nigam : Governing Body". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ^ "Abhilasha Gupta gets elected to the post of Allahabad Mayor". Jagan news. 7 July 2012.
- ^ "Shot in arm for Nandi as wife wins Allahabad mayoral election". Indian Express. 8 July 2012.
- ^ "Now Nandi & Abhilasha". ActiveIndiaTV. 12 March 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ^ "Allahabad mayor arrested for violating code, cries foul". CanIndia. 14 February 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ^ "Allahabad Mayor held". The Hindu. 15 February 2014.
- ^ "BSP leader, his mayor wife expelled from party: may join BJP". 11 March 2014. Archived from the original on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ^ Hindustan Team (2 December 2017). "BJP Mayor Candidate Abhilasha Gupta Wins by 63,000 Votes". Live Hindustan. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
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