On Tuesday, Gopal Goyal Kanda, a former Haryana minister, was cleared of all charges by Delhi’s Rouse Avenue court, know his net worth and wife
He is a former Haryana minister who was charged with harassment and the suicide of Geetika Sharma.
Gopal Goyal Kanda net worth in 2023, biography, age, family, wife, brother, political party, education
The former Haryana minister, politician, and businessman Gopal Goyal Kanda was cleared of all charges as the prosecution “failed to prove the charges beyond all reasonable doubts.” Geetika Sharma took her life on August 5, 2012, and confessed in her suicide note that Gopal Kanda and her personal secretary harassed her.
Who is Gopal Goyal Kanda?
Gopal Kanda is aย member of the Haryana Lokhit Party and represents the Sirsa assembly constituency in Haryana. He was born on December 29, 1965, in Sirsa.ย
He uses his surname โKandaโ for political and religious purposes and the โGoyalโ surname for business purposes and in his official documents.
Gopal Goyal Kandaโs Personal Life
He was born to an advocate father, Murli Dhar Kanda, and a mother, Munni Devi. His younger brother, Govind Kanda, is also a politician.
The 57-year-old is married to Saraswati Devi and has three children: one son and two daughters.
Gopal Goyal Kandaโs Early Life
The traders who used to weigh vegetables at a wholesale market in Sirsa, Haryana, were the ancestors of Gopal Kanda. For this reason, he chose the surname “Kanda,” which refers to the iron weights that traders use. Kanda formerly resided in a two-room apartment above a store with his family and began his career as an electrician in a repair facility.
He opened a shoe repair shop to get his business off the ground. But that didn’t work out so well, and he lost a lot of money. He entered into several additional businesses, but they all failed consecutively. He relocated to Gurgaon in 1997 in an effort to try his luck in the real estate industry.ย
Gopal Kandaโs Career As An Entrepreneur
He was successful this time, and with the aid of an IAS official, he was able to take advantage of legal reforms and exploit them, which led to his eventual transformation into a developer. By the end of 2005, he had a variety of enterprises under his control, as well as interests in hotels, casinos, clothing brands, export companies, and auto dealerships.
His company, (MDLR) Group, launched MDLR Airlines on March 14, 2007. However, the airlines were forced to close their doors in 2009 due to a tax raid on the business and significant losses.ย
Gopal Kandaโs Political Career
In 2006, he joined politics by using his connections with Om Prakash Chautala of the INLD and religious leader Tara Baba. However, he was not accepted by the INLD and later tried to join the Congress Party. For giving six seats to the Congress, Bhupinder Singh Hooda appointed him as the Minister of State (MOS) for Home.
After his arrest in Geetika Sharmaโs case, Kanda returned to politics in 2014 by joining Haryana Lokhit Party. He went ahead to seek shelter with the BJP, but they declined his acceptance due to his controversial past.
Gopal Goyal Kanda Controversies
- A car owned by Gopal Kanda was impounded in 2010 after it was used in a New Delhi gang rape. The victim said that Kanda’s driver and his friends had picked her up before raping her. The woman worked as a cook in the house of Kanda’s relative.
- The Indian cricketer Atul Wassan was beaten on July 22, 2011, by close associates of Gopal Kanda for passing their vehicle at a toll booth on the Gurgaon-Delhi Highway.ย
- Geetika Sharma, a former employee of his airline, committed suicide in 2012 and blamed Kanda and his friend Aruna Chadha in the suicide note. She ascribed her suicide to Kanda’s exploitation of her, harassment of her, and abuse of her.ย
Gopal Goyal Kandaโs Net Worth
He earns Rs. 1.50 lakh per month as an MLA and has an estimated net worth of 95.43 crore. He owns a Ford Endeavour car and lives in a lavish house in Sirsa, valued at Rs. 100 crore.