Kanubhai Kalsariya Explained

Kanubhai Kalsariya
Office:MLA of Gujarat
Term Start:1997
Term End:2012
Nationality:Indian
Party:Bhartiya Janata Party (1997-2012, 2024-), Aam Aadmi Party (2014-2018), Indian National Congress (2018-2024)
Constituency:Mahuva

Kanubhai Kalsaryia is an Indian politician and social activist from Gujarat.

Career

Kalsariya served as a Member of Legislative assembly from Mahuva constituency in Gujarat for its 10th, 11th and 12th legislative assemblies from 1997 to 2012.[1] He was a member of Bharatiya Janata Party until 2012 when he did not renew his membership. He led the farmers agitation against Nirma cement plant near Mahuva in 2011 which resulted in cancellation of environment clearance. He launched Sadbhavna Manch and contested independently in 2012 Gujarat legislative assembly election but was unsuccessful.[2] He joined Aam Admi Party in 2014[3] and later moved to Indian National Congress in July 2018.[4]

In November 2018, he led an agitation against the land acquisition for UltraTech cement plant near Talaja. Later in February 2021, he was sentenced to six months in jail by the local court for trespassing the mining site of the company.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TWELFTH GUJARAT LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. Gujarat assembly. 19 May 2012. 26 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181226045131/http://www.gujaratassembly.gov.in/emembers12.htm. dead.
  2. Web site: Gujarat Elections: BJP rebel Kanu Kalsaria defeated . timesofindia-economictimes . 20 December 2012 . 22 August 2015.
  3. Web site: Ex-BJP rebel MLA Kanu Kalsaria joins AAP . The Hindu Business Line . 1 January 2014 . 22 August 2015.
  4. News: Ex-MLA Kalsariya joins Congress. The Times of India. 2018-08-13.
  5. Web site: 2021-02-11. Gujarat: Former MLA Kanu Kalsariya sentenced to six months in jail. 2021-07-19. The New Indian Express.