Mange Ram Gupta

Mange Ram Gupta (13 July 1935 – 6 March 2020) a four-time MLA, served as cabinet minister thrice during the Congress governments in the state. Ahead of the Jind bypoll in 2019, Gupta had joined the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) breaking his longtime ties with the Congress.

Early and his political life Born on 13 July 1935, Gupta contested Assembly elections from Jind Vidhan Sabha constituency eight times and won on four occasions. He remained minister in the Haryana on three occasions. He held portfolios of finance, education and transport as minister on the three occasions.

Considered the tallest leader of the Agarwal community after former CM Banarasi Dass Gupta, Gupta contested the Assembly elections for the first time as an Independent candidate from Jind constituency in 1977 and won by 15,751 votes. He was elected MLA from Jind seat on Congress ticket in 1991, 2000 and 2005. Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala said-

Leader of Opposition in the Haryana Assembly and former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda also condoled the death of Gupta.