Pravin Togadia is an Indian doctor, cancer surgeon and an advocate for Hindu nationalism, coming from the state of Gujarat. He was the former International Working President of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and a cancer surgeon by qualification. He is Founder and Current President of Antarashtriya Hindu Parishad. He had a falling out with the Sangh Parivar and is a vocal critic of Narendra Modi.
Keshubhai Patel was an Indian politician who was the Chief Minister of Gujarat in 1995 and again from 1998 to 2001. He was a six-time member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly. He was a member of RSS since 1940s, of Bharatiya Jana Sangh in 1960s, Janata Party in 1970s, and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 1980. He left the BJP in 2012 and formed the Gujarat Parivartan Party. He was elected from Visavadar in the 2012 state assembly election but resigned in 2014 due to ill health and merged his party with BJP. He was awarded India's third highest civilian award the Padma Bhushan posthumously in 2021.
Shankersinh Vaghela is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Gujarat. He was the Leader of Opposition in 13th Gujarat Legislative Assembly.
Suresh Mehta is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Gujarat from 1995 to 1996.
Ashok Chandulal Bhatt (1939-2010) was an Indian politician from Gujarat state, affiliated with Bharatiya Jana Sangh and Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the Speaker of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly when he died.
Vijaybhai Ramniklalbhai Rupani is an Indian politician who served as the 16th Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2016 to 2021 for two terms. He was a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly, representing Rajkot West. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.
The Indian state of Gujarat was created out of the 17 northern districts of former State of Bombay. The Mahagujarat movement was instrumental in the formation of a separate state, Gujarat. Politics in Gujarat has mostly been dominated by the Bharatiya Janata Party with the Indian National Congress being the main opposition since the 1990s. The state has been governed by the BJP since 1998, and is considered a stronghold of the party. In 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election the Aam Aadmi Party emerge as third party.
The 2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of Gujarat in December 2012 for all 182 members of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly. Incumbent Chief Minister Narendra Modi of Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), in power since 2002, was running for his fourth term. The leader of the opposition was Shaktisinh Gohil of the Indian National Congress (INC).
Gordhan Zadafia is an Indian politician from Gujarat, India. He was a leader in Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) for 15 years before joining Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Vijapur is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India. It is part of Mahesana district. It is numbered as 26-Vijapur.
Kalavad is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India. It is part of Jamnagar district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes.
Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel is an Indian statesman who is the current and 19th Governor of Madhya Pradesh. He is a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party from Gujarat. He served as the officiating speaker of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly in 2014. He has earlier served as a cabinet minister in the Government of Gujarat. Patel was elected to the assembly from Navsari constituency. He has been appointed 19th Governor of Madhya Pradesh on 6 July 2021 by the President of India.
Rashtriya Janata Party was a political party in Gujarat, India. It was a splinter group of Bharatiya Janata Party. This group was led by Shankersinh Vaghela and Dilip Parikh. It was later dissolved and its leaders joined the Indian National Congress.
Ramaben Ramjibhai Mavani Patel is a lawyer and politician from Gujarat. She was a member of the 8th Lok Sabha.
Bimal Shah is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Kapadvanj in the 1998 and 2002 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the Transport Minister in Keshubhai Patel cabinet from 1999 to 2001. He joined Indian National Congress in January 2019.
Bhupendra Rajnikant Patel is an Indian politician, Civil Engineer and Builder who is serving as the 17th and current Chief Minister of Gujarat since 2021. He represents the Ghatlodia Assembly constituency in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly since 2017. He is a member of(BJP) He started his political career in municipal bodies of Ahmedabad.
In September 1995, Gujarat politician Shankersinh Vaghela broke away from Bharatiya Janata Party with his supporter 47 MLAs. He took his MLAs and shifted to Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh.
Prabodhkant Damodardas Pandya was an Indian politician from Gujarat.
Keshubhai Shivdas Patel is an Indian politician. He is a Member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from the Bhuj Assembly constituency since 8 December 2022. He is a Member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Chhabilbhai Naranbhai Patel is an Indian politician. He is a Former Member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from the Mandvi Assembly constituency since 2002 to 2007 and Abdasa Assembly constituency since 2012 to 2014. in 2014 by-election, Shaktisinh Gohil was elected. Patel was then associated with Indian National Congress but after 2014 he is associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party. Later in 2019, he was suspended out of BJP.
