Sangh Priya Gautam

This article is about former Union minister of state, born in 1931. For other uses, see Sanghmitra Maurya.

Sangh Priya Gautam
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Agro and Rural Industries
In office 29 January 2003 – 22 May 2004
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	Kariya Munda
Succeeded by	Mahaveer Prasad
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 9 November 2000 – 4 July 2004
Constituency	Uttarakhand
In office 5 July 1998 – 8 November 2000
Constituency	Uttar Pradesh
In office 3 April 1990 – 2 April 1996
Constituency	Uttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born	(1931-01-31) 31 January 1931 Bulandshahr
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Alma mater	Aligarh Muslim University

The Minister of Agro and Rural Industries Shri Sangh Priya Gautam launches Rural Industries Consultancy Services (RICS) on the occasion of "National Youth Day" in New Delhi on January 12, 2003

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.

He was BJP candidate for Hapur 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. He was admitted back in the party in 2011. Even in 2010s after re-joining BJP, he continued to be a vocal critic of the party.

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