Jawaharbhai Chavda

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Jawaharbhai pethaljibhai Chavda
Member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly
In office
2017 incumbent
Preceded by Jayantibhai Kavadiya
Constituency Manavadar
Personal details
Born
Jawaharbhai Pethaljibhai Chavda
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress
Residence Manavadar
Alma mater Rajkumar College
OccupationFarmer and businessman

Jawaharbhai Pethaljibhai Chavda is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Manavadar in the 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Indian National Congress. [1] [2] [3]

He was one of the four members of the Indian National Congress who shifted to Bharatiya Janata Party post 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. He won in the by-election in 2019 from the same seat. [4] He became the Cabinet minister of Tourism and Fisheries in the Vijay Rupani ministry in March 2019. [5]

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