Manilal Vaghela | |
Office: | Former Member of Legislative assembly of Gujarat Legislative Assembly |
Term Start: | 2012 |
Term End: | 2017 |
Successor: | Jignesh Mevani |
Nationality: | Indian |
Party: | Indian National Congress (until 2021) Bhartiya Janata Party (2022–present) |
Constituency: | Vadgam |
Manilal Jethabhai Vaghela is an Indian politician from Gujarat.
Vaghela was elected as a member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Vadgam in 2012 as a candidate of the Indian National Congress (INC). When INC supported independent candidate Jignesh Mevani from Vadgam in 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election, he was moved to contest as an INC candidate from Idar where he was defeated. He resigned from INC in November 2021 and joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in April 2022.[1] [2] He contested 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election from Vadgam as a BJP candidate but was defeated by his nearest rival and INC candidate Jignesh Mevani.[3]