Gurudas Kamat
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| Minister of Communications and Information Technology | |
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In office 2009 – 19 July 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
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| Member of the India Parliament for Mumbai North West |
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In office 16 May 2009 – 16 May 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Priya Dutt |
| Succeeded by | Gajanan Kirtikar |
| Member of the India Parliament for Mumbai North East |
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In office 16 May 2004 – 16 May 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Kirit Somaiya |
| Succeeded by | Sanjay Dina Patil |
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In office 1998–1999 |
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| Preceded by | Pramod Mahajan |
| Succeeded by | Kirit Somaiya |
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In office 1991–1996 |
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| Preceded by | Jayawantiben Mehta |
| Succeeded by | Pramod Mahajan |
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In office 1984–1989 |
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| Preceded by | Subramanian Swamy |
| Succeeded by | Jayawantiben Mehta |
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5 October 1954 Ankola, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka |
| Political party | INC |
| Spouse(s) | Maharookh Gurudas Kamat |
| Children | 1 son Dr Sunil Kamat |
| Residence | Mumbai |
| Website | gurudaskamat |
Gurudas Kamat (born 5 October 1954) is an Indian politician. Member of Parliament elected from Mumbai North East constituency in 2009. He is an advocate by profession. He is from the Indian National Congress. He has represented Mumbai North East constituency of Maharashtra in the Lok Sabha five times (1984, 1991, 1998, 2004, and 2009). In 2014 he lost the Lok Sabha Election.
He has an MBA degree and is a commerce graduate. He got married on 11 May 1981 and has a son. In 1976, he was awarded the Principal Wellingkar Trophy for the outstanding Student Award at the R.A. Podar College and in 1979 a fellow of Government Law College in Mumbai. He served as the Minister of State for Home affairs with additional charge of Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India during 2009 to 2011. In July 2011 he resigned as minister.
On 31 July 2015, Congress general secretary Gurudas Kamat has sparked a fresh controversy by calling Union HRD Minister, Smriti Irani, a 'bai'. "Her (Irani) family's financial condition was not good; therefore, she worked in a hotel in Versova. Since, Smriti was only 10th pass, she cleaned tables in the hotel," Kamat said . Kamat, who is party affairs in charge of Rajasthan, said this while addressing a public meeting in Pali for upcoming municipal elections in Rajasthan. Born to a cross-cultural family, Irani before finding modelling stardom worked as a waitress at McDonald's. Kamat also attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying he inducted 'uneducated' Irani in Council of Minister because of some 'self interest'. For such offensive comments, National Commission for Women has served a notice to Gurudas Kamat on 1 August 2015. On 6 June 2016, he announced his resignation from Congress and decided to quit politics.
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