Vijay Rupani

Vijay Rupani (born 2 August 1956) is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party and a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly representing Rajkot West and presently State cabinet minister of Gujarat government and Gujarat State Bharatiya Janata Party President.

Early life

Vijay Rupani was born on 2 August 1956[1] to Ramniklal Rupani in a Jain Bania family.[2] He holds a Bachelor of Arts and LLB degree.[1] He is married. He has a daughter and a son.

Career

Vijay Rupani started his career as student activist.[2] He joined Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and subsequently joined Jan Sangh in 1971 has been associated with Bharatiya Janta Party since its establishment.[2] In fact, he is the only minister in the present cabinet to have been jailed during the Emergency.[2] He has served as a corporator in Rajkot and has been the mayor and then a member of Rajya Sabha.[2] He served as the chairman of manifesto committee during Keshubhai Patel's regime[2] He enjoyed unbridled support from Narendra Modi and served as BJP's Gujarat unit general secretary and chairman of the Gujarat Finance Board during chief minister-ship of Narendra Modi.[3]

In August 2014, when Vajubhai Vala, the incumbent speaker of Gujarat Legislative Assembly, resigned as the MLA from Rajkot West [4] Vijay Rupani was nominated by the BJP to contest his vacant seat. He won the bye-poll on 19 October 2014 by a handsome margin.[5]

He was inducted as minister in the first cabinet expansion by Gujarat Chief Minister, Anandiben Patel and currently is in charge of transport, water supply, labour and employment minister.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT". Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Saurashtra strongman Vijay Rupani in Gujarat Cabinet". Economic Times. 20 November 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "BJP set to win all 26 Gujarat Lok Sabha seats: Vijay Rupani". Business Standard. 2 January 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala to take oath as Karnataka Guv on Sept 1". One India News. 30 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Guj bypoll: BJP wins Rajkot-West Assembly seat". Business Standard. PTI. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014.

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