Suresh Dhanjibhai Patel is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Patel was a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from 2014 to 2022 from the Maninagar constituency in Eastern side of Ahmedabad city. He was chosen as replacement of Narendra Modi who resigned from the seat to become Prime Minister of India. [1] [2]
Maninagar is an area of Ahmedabad city, Gujarat, India. It is located in the southern part of the city and an important area of the city. It can be divided into two regions - Maninagar East and Maninagar West, separated by the Maninagar Railway Station.
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 from. He was also the Leader of Opposition in 13th Gujarat Legislative Assembly.
Dinsha Jhaverbhai Patel is an Indian National Congress politician who was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India.
Lambha is a census town in Ahmadabad district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Parts of Vejalpur, Daskroi, Danilimda, Vatva, and Maninagar assembly constituencies jut into Lambha. Many parts of Kheda, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad West, and Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha constituencies fall in Lambha.
Maninagar railway station is a major railway station in South Zone, Ahmedabad, India. This railway station is in a developed suburban area of Ahmedabad. It is well connected by rail. It is located 3 km away from Ahmedabad Junction. Sixty-two trains halt here.
Suresh Mehta is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Gujarat from 1995 to 1996.
Dilip Ramanbhai Parikh was an Indian politician and industrialist. He was the 13th Chief Minister of Gujarat from 28 October 1997 to 4 March 1998. Dilip Parekh is also the most recent non BJP Chief Minister of Gujarat as of now. As BJP has been rulling the state ever since.
Narendra Modi Medical College is a medical college in Maninagar, Ahmedabad. The college was established in 2009 and is maintained by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation's Medical Education Trust. It is affiliated to the Gujarat University and the Sheth L.G. hospital.
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).
Gujarat Parivartan Party was a political party from Gujarat, India. It was founded by Keshubhai Patel in August 2012. It performed poorly in 2012 assembly elections. It was expanded with the merging of the Mahagujarat Janata Party. Later it was merged back with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in February 2014.
Gujarat's twelfth legislative election was held in 2007. In this election, the BJP led by Narendra Modi won 117 seats out of 182. Congress improved its performance and won 59 seats. Modi fought elections in Maninagar and won with a major majority. NCP won three seats, JDU won only one seat and independent candidates won only two seats. This was a turning point of Modi in politics.
Maninagar is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India. It is part of Ahmedabad district and is one of the 7 assembly constituencies which make up Ahmedabad West Lok Sabha seat.
Vatva railway station is a railway station under Western Railway zone in Gujarat state, India. Its code is VTA. Vatva also has Diesel Loco Shed in Vatva. Passenger and MEMU trains halt here.
NavGujarat Samay is a Gujarati language broadsheet daily newspaper from The Times Group. It was launched in Ahmedabad, India on 16 January 2014 to cater to vernacular language readers of Gujarat. Later, The Times Group formed joint venture Shayona Times Private Limited with Suresh Patel-owned Shayona Group, which is engaged in construction activity in Ahmedabad.
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.
Navin Chandra Barot was an Indian politician and member of the Rashtriya Majdoor Paksha. Barot was a first term member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly in 1975 from the Maninagar constituency in Eastern side of city Amdavad. He served as a labour minister in Gujarat in the ministry of Babubhai J Patel who belonged to the Janata Party government.
Kamlesh Patel is an Indian politician and member of the Party. Patel was member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from 1990 to 2002 from the Maninagar constituency in Eastern side of city Ahmedabad. He vacated his for Narendra Modi who reigned from the seat to become Chief Minister of Gujarat. Currently, he is Chairman of Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Limited.
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.
Amul Bhatt is an Indian politician. He is a Member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from the Maninagar Assembly constituency since December 2022. He is associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party.