Shankersinh Vaghela
Shankersinh Vaghela | |
|---|---|
Kapadvanj | |
| In office 1999–2009 | |
| Preceded by | Jaysinhji Chauhan |
| Succeeded by | Constituency Abolished |
| Constituency | Kapadvanj |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 10 April 1984 – 9 April 1990 | |
| Constituency | Gujarat |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 July 1940 Vasan, Gandhinagar, Bombay Presidency, British India |
| Political party | Independent (2020–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Bharatiya Janata Party (1980's - 1996) Rashtriya Janata Party (1996 - 1998) Indian National Congress (1998-2017) Jan Vikalp Morcha/AIHCP (2017-2019) Nationalist Congress Party (2019-2020) Praja Shakti Democratic Party (since 2022) |
| Spouse |
Gulab Ba (m. 1960) |
| Children | 3 sons, including Mahendrasinh Vaghela |
| Residence(s) | Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India |
| Website | Shankersinh Vaghela |
As of 25 February, 2006 Source: [1] | |
Shankersinh Vaghela (born 21 July 1940) is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Gujarat. He was the Leader of Opposition in 13th Gujarat Legislative Assembly.
Vagela started his political career with the
He has also served as a Member of
Personal life
Vaghela was born to Laxmansinh and Nathuba on 21 July 1940 in Vasan in
Political career
Vaghela was an active member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) before joining Jana Sangh. He was jailed during the Indira Gandhi's Emergency.
Janata Party and Bharatiya Janata Party
After the Emergency was lifted, he was elected to the
He was the Vice-President of the
In 1995, BJP won a majority of 121 seats in the 182-member Legislative Assembly. Many party legislators expressed a preference for Vaghela as their leader. However, the BJP leadership installed Keshubhai Patel as the Chief Minister, and the support for Vaghela was gradually eroded. Narendra Modi is said to have thrown his weight behind Keshubhai Patel in preference to Vaghela, and was held responsible for the ensuing events by Vaghela.
In September 1995, Vaghela rebelled against the BJP leadership with the support of 47 MLAs. In the subsequent compromise worked out by the leadership, Keshubhai Patel was replaced by a Vaghela loyalist Suresh Mehta as the Chief Minister. Modi was temporarily banished from Gujarat.[5]
Vaghela lost Godhra seat in May 1996 Lok Sabha polls, and soon left Bharatiya Janata Party with his supporters, bringing down Suresh Mehta's government.
Rashtriya Janata Party and Chief Minister
He floated his own party, named Rashtriya Janata Party and became Chief Minister with Congress Party's support in October 1996.
He won bye-poll to Gujarat Assembly from Radhanpur seat in early 1997. But he had to resign as Chief Minister during ongoing political turmoil in Gujarat in October 1997, and his fellow-rebel ex-BJP MLA Dilip Parikh became CM with Vaghela's reluctant blessings.
Even Parikh's government did not last long and fresh elections for
Indian National Congress
Vaghela was now established as a major politician in
He was named the leader of Opposition in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly. He has also served as the president of Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee.
He contested 2014 Lok Sabha election from
Vaghela had been appointed chairman of the India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC), which runs the Ashoka group of hotels across the country.
Vaghela was one of 57 Congress MLAs suspended for wearing slogans against BJP president Amit Shah.[6]
In July 2017, he left Indian National Congress and stepped down from the post of Leader of Opposition in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly, after he and a few other INC MLAs voted against Ahmed Patel, the INC candidate for the Rajya Sabha, and supported BJP nominee Balvantsinh Rajput.[7]
Jan Vikalp Morcha / AIHCP
Soon after he left the Indian National Congress, he launched a new outfit called Jan Vikalp Morcha with Parthesh Patel ahead of 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. As the application for registration of Jan Vikalp Morcha was not approved by the elections were announced by the Election Commission, his outfit fielded 95 candidates under the symbol and banner of Jaipur-based All India Hindustan Congress Party to contest election.[8][9][10][11][12] AIHCP garnered only 0.3% (83,922) of total votes and did not win any seat.[13][7]
Nationalist Congress Party
Vaghela joined the
Praja Shakti Democratic Party
On 21 August 2022, Vaghela launched a new party, Praja Shakti Democratic Party, with an intention to contest 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election.[15] Later he backed the INC instead.[16]
See also
References
- ^ Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website Archived 17 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Vaghela, Shri Shankersinh". loksabhaph.nic.in. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- ^ "Shri Shankersinh Vaghela". Digital Sansad. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ^ "Gujarat: Shankarsinh Vaghela's son Mahendrasinh Vaghela resigns from BJP". Scroll. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- ISBN 978-8174369383.
- ^ "Congress MLAs suspended, again". indiatimes.com.
- ^ a b c "Former Gujarat CM Shankarsinh Vaghela joins NCP in presence of Sharad Pawar". The Economic Times. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ "Vaghela Floats Third Front In Gujarat, Could Hurt Congress". NDTV.com.
- ^ "Shankersinh Vaghela's outfit to contest on symbol of Jaipur-based party". The Indian Express. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ "Vaghela's Janvikalp to Contest on Borrowed Symbol Tractor Under All India Hindustan Congress Party - THE DAYAFTER". THE DAYAFTER. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ "Gujarat: Shankersinh Vaghela's Jan Vikalp Morcha allies with All India Hindustan Congress Party". Scroll.in. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ "Gujarat polls: Former Congress leader Shankersinh Vaghela's front to contest on another party's symbol". The New Indian Express. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ "Shankersinh Vaghela's ambition leads to poll disaster". The Times of India. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- ^ PTI (22 June 2020). "Shankersinh Vaghela Resigns From NCP". NDTV.com. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ^ "Shankersinh Vaghela launches party, to contest Gujarat assembly polls". Deccan Herald. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ "Shankersinh Vaghela: 'There is nothing free. What is this 300 units free electricity? Kisiki baap ki Diwali hai?… I tell voters, don't fall for revdis'". The Indian Express. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
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