Bharatsinh Solanki | |
Office: | President Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee |
Signature: | Signature of Bharatsinh Solanki.svg |
Party: | Indian National Congress |
Birth Date: | 26 November 1953 |
Birth Place: | Borsad, Bombay State, India (now in Gujarat, India) |
Relations: | Madhavsinh Solanki (father) |
Term Start1: | 2015 |
Term End1: | March 2018 |
Predecessor1: | Arjun Modhwadia |
Successor1: | Amit Chavda |
Term Start2: | 2006 |
Term End2: | 2008 |
Predecessor2: | B. K. Gadhvi |
Successor2: | Siddharth Patel |
Office3: | Union Minister of State for Drinking Water and Sanitation (Independent Charge) |
Term Start3: | October 2012 |
Term End3: | May 2014 |
Office4: | Minister of State for Railways, Govt. of India |
Term Start4: | January 2011 |
Term End4: | October 2012 |
Office5: | Minister of State for Power, Govt. of India |
Term Start5: | June 2009 |
Term End5: | January 2011 |
Term Start6: | 2004 |
Term End6: | 2014 |
Office6: | Member of Parliament Lok Sabha |
Constituency6: | Anand |
Office7: | AICC incharge of Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee |
Term Start7: | 24 December 2023 |
Blank2: | Educational Qualification |
Data2: | B.E. (Civil) |
Blank3: | Special Interests |
Data3: | Youth affairs, Social Justice and Environment. |
Bharatsinh Madhavsinh Solanki (born 26 November 1953), is an Indian politician and former president of Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee. He was Minister of State for Union Minister of State for Drinking Water and Sanitation (Independent Charge) in the Government of India in the Second Manmohan Singh ministry till May 2014. His previous posts include that of Minister of State for Power. He has also served as Secretary at All India Congress Committee from 2004 to 2006. He was born to Madhavsinh Solanki of Gujarat.[1] [2] [3]
After winning the election twice, in 2004 and 2009, he lost the Anand seat in the 2014 Indian general election to Dilipbhai Patel of BJP.[4]
He is a former member of the Press Council of India and has served on several committees, including the Joint Committee on Offices of Profit and the Committee on Public Undertaking.