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.

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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT". Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "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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