Indrajit Gupta
Indrajit Gupta (18 March 1919 – 20 February 2001) was an Indian politician who belonged to the
Communist Party of India (CPI). From 1996 to 1998, he served as
Union Home Minister in the
United Front governments of prime ministers
H. D. Deve Gowda and
I. K. Gujral. That was a dramatic reversal of roles, as the home ministry had, since independence in 1947, banned the CPI thrice, with many of its members, including Gupta, being sent to prison or pushed underground for long stretches. Until he was surpassed by
Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2006, he was the longest-serving member of the
Lok Sabha, the lower house of the
Indian Parliament , having been elected eleven times. He suffered his only electoral reverse when he lost to
Ashok Krishna Dutt in 1977 after the CPI supported
Emergency.
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