The Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) is the state unit of the Indian National Congress in Gujarat. Jagdish Thakor is the president of the Committee. It has 1,862 seats in various urban and rural local bodies in Gujarat. Its office is located at Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan,Ahmedabad. It is the single major opposition party against the Bharatiya Janata Party in Gujarat. It has participated in every Gujarat Legislative Assembly election since 1962,the first election in the independent state.
Madhav Singh Solanki was a leader of Indian National Congress party who served as External Affairs minister of India. He served also as the Chief Minister of Gujarat three times. He was known for KHAM theory by which he came to power in Gujarat in 1980s.
Thakor is a subcaste of Koli community of Gujarat. Koli forms the largest caste-cluster,comprising 24% of the total population of the state. Koli Thakors in Gujarat placed in Other Backward Class including all of the Koli Community of state during the power of former Koli chief minister Madhav Singh Solanki. Koli Thakors are mostly businessmen or land-owners.
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).
The Aam Aadmi Party is a national political party in India. AAP was founded in November 2012 by Arvind Kejriwal and his then-companions,following the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement. AAP is currently the governing party in Delhi and Punjab. The party's election symbol is a broom.
Jagdish Thakor is an Indian National Congress politician from Gujarat,India. He was the member of 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Patan constituency of Gujarat. Thakor belongs to the Koli community of Gujarat.
Bharti Dhirubhai Shiyal is an Indian politician. She was elected to the Lok Sabha,the lower house of the Parliament of India from Bhavnagar,Gujarat as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. She was earlier elected to the Gujarat Legislative Assembly in 2012 from Talaja in Bhavnagar district. She is consulting Ayurvedic practitioner by profession. She belong to Koli community of Gujarat. She is a National Vice President of the BJP.
Harsh Ramesh Sanghvi is currently Home Minister (state). In the Gujarat CM Bhupendrabhai Patel’s cabinet,Sanghavi has been allocated nine portfolios which are Home,disaster management and police housing;MoS in sports,youth and cultural activities,NRI,excise and prohibition,border security and prisons. Before sanghvi Pradip Singh Jadeja,Amit Shah,Haren Pandya and Gordhanbhai Zadafia have served as the home minister of Gujarat under the BJP regime. He is a member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly,Majura in Gujarat,India. He was also National Vice President of Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha.
The 14th Gujarat Legislative Assembly election,2017 was held on 9 December 2017 and 14 December 2017 in the Indian state of Gujarat to elect the Members of Legislative Assembly (MLA). The votes were counted on 18 December. All 182 members of the 14th Gujarat Legislative Assembly were elected with the leader of the largest party or coalition expected to become the next chief minister.
Alpesh Thakor is a politician from Gujarat,India. He is a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Gandhinagar South. He was earlier a member representing Radhanpur (2017–2019). Formerly associated with the Indian National Congress party,he joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2019. He started his career as a social worker and political activist. He is a leader of the Koli community in Gujarat. He founded the Gujarat Kshatriya Thakor Sena as well as OBC,SC,ST Ekta Manch,a social platform to demand reservations for people of the respective communities,around which a movement took place in Gujarat shortly after the Patidar reservation agitation.
Zankhana Patel is an Indian politician and Member of legislative assembly from Choryasi,Surat. She contested 2017 Gujarat legislative assembly election from Bharatiya Janata Party and won by margin of 1,10,819. She is daughter of late BJP legislator Rajendra Patel and previously elected in 2016 Gujarat legislative assembly bypolls. she belong to Koli community of Gujarat.
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Uttar Pradesh from 10 February to 7 March 2022 in seven phases to elect all 403 members for the 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 10 March 2022.
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Himachal Pradesh on 12 November 2022 to elect 68 members of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
Gopal Italia is an Indian politician and a social activist. He was ex-police official and a leader of the Patidar reservation agitation. From December 2020 to January 2023,he was the Convener of Aam Aadmi Party in Gujarat.
Legislative Assembly election was held in Gujarat from 1 to 5 December 2022 in two phases,to elect 182 members of 15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 8 December 2022.
Raghavbhai Chondabhai Makwana is an Indian politician,sitting MLA of Mahuva and State minister in Gujarat government during Bhupendrabhai Patel ministry. He took oath as State Minister for Social justice and empowerment department. Makwana belong to the Koli caste of Gujarat.
Rutvikbhai Lavjibhai Makwana is an Indian politician. He serves as Member of legislative assembly from Chotila constituency. He is a member of the Indian National Congress. Makwana defeated the BJP's Dervaliya Zinabhai Najabhai in the 2017 election. He was appointed chief organiser of 'Gujarat Pradesh Seva Dal' by Rahul Gandhi in October 2018.
Isudan Gadhvi is an Indian politician and senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader from Gujarat. Currently,Gadhvi is the State President of the Aam Aadmi Party in Gujarat and a member of its National Executive. Formerly working as a media professional,he was known as a TV journalist and editor of VTV News as well as anchor of his popular news show Mahamanthan at VTV Gujarati. Since his joining active politics,Isudan became a popular face of AAP in Gujarat and was the party's Chief Ministerial candidate in the 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election.
Gujarat Legislative Assembly or Gujarat Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Gujarat,in the state capital Gandhinagar. Presently,182 members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected from single-member constituencies (seats). It has a term of 5 years unless it is dissolved sooner. 13 constituencies are reserved for scheduled castes and 27 constituencies for scheduled tribes. From its majority party group or by way of a grand coalition cabinet of its prominent members,the state's Executive namely the Government of Gujarat is formed.
Jitu Bhagat alias Jitendrakumar Ramanlal Patel is an Indian politician. He is a Member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from the Naranpura Assembly constituency since December 2022. He is associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party.
