Balvantsinh Rajput Explained

Office1:Cabinet Minister of Industries, Civil Aviation, Rural Development, Labour and Employment in Government of Gujarat
Term Start1:12 December 2022
Office5:Chairman of Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC)
Term Start5:23 October 2017
Term End5:2020
Office2:MLA of Gujarat
Term Start2:2022
Constituency2:Sidhpur
Term Start3:December 2002
Term End3:December 2007
Term Start4:December 2012
Term End4:28 July 2017
Constituency1:Sidhpur
Predecessor2:Jay Narayan Vyas
Parliament:Parliament of India
Birth Date:1962 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Patan, Gujarat, India
Nationality:Indian
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse:Bhikiba
Children:five children
Parents:Chandansinh Rajput (father)
Hansaba (mother)
Residence:Patan, Gujarat, India
Occupation:Politician

Balvantsinh Rajput is an Indian politician businessman and cabinet minister of Industries, Civil Aviation, Rural Development, Labour and Employment in the Government of Gujarat. He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2017 after leaving Indian National Congress before the Rajya Sabha election.

Career

During the Gujarat Assembly election of 2012 Rajput who belonged to the Indian National Congress party declared assets worth 2680 million rupees ($41 million).[1] In the election, he defeated Jay Narayan Vyas of the Bharatiya Janata Party from the Sidhpur seat.[2]

On 28 July 2017, Rajput along with two other Congress legislators resigned from the assembly and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of party president Amit Shah ahead of the Rajya Sabha election (Election to Upper House of Indian Parliament).[3] It was announced that he was nominated by his new party as a candidate from the state's third seat.He was congratulated by chief minister Vijay Rupani.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 57 criminals, 134 crorepatis in 2012 Guj assembly. Rediff. 29 July 2017.
  2. Web site: Sidhpur constituency election results 2012 : Balvantsinh Chandansinh Rajput of GC WINS - Gujarat. News Reporter. 29 July 2017.
  3. Web site: 3 Gujarat Congress MLAs resign, join BJP. Deccan Chronicle. 29 July 2017.
  4. Web site: Balwantsinh Rajput to be BJP's third candidate contesting from Gujarat for Rajya Sabha election. Indian Express. 29 July 2017.