Sangh Priya Gautam Explained

Sangh Priya Gautam (b 1931) is a former Union minister of state for agro and rural industries of India. He was minister in the Third Vajpayee ministry between 2003 and 2004. He was born in 1931 in Bulandshahr district in Uttar Pradesh in India and studied at law Aligarh Muslim University. A Lawyer by profession, he was elected to Rajya Sabha in 1990 and in 1998 as a candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party.^{[1] [2] [3]}

He was BJP candidate for Hapur (Lok Sabha constituency) in 1984 when he came third. Later he was elected to Rajya Sabha twice. After the defeat of the Vajpayee Government in the 2004 general election, Shri Gautam started to complain about being sidelined in the party and was suspended in 2006 for anti-party activities.^[4] He was admitted back in the party in 2011.^[5] Even in 2010s after re-joining BJP, he continued to be a vocal critic of the party.^[6]

See also

Sanghmitra Maurya, a woman leader of the same party (BJP) in UP in 2010s, with a similar name which causes confusion for some people

Notes and References

1. http://rajyasabha.gov.in/kiosk/rsfinal3/whoswho/beta_g2.htm Rajya Sabha member profile
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20061212124936/http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/22/stories/2006032207371200.htm BJP suspends Sangh Priya Gautam
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20121005212550/http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/electionstats/candidate/sangh%20priya%20gautam.html Candidate statistics - Sangh Priya Gautam
4. Web site: BJP suspends Sangh Priya Gautam.
5. Web site: BJP re-inducts Sangha Priya Gautam - Rediff.com.
6. Web site: Make Nitin Gadkari Deputy PM, Shivraj Chouhan Party Chief: BJP Veteran.