Raghavji Patel Explained

Raghavji Patel
Birth Name:Raghavjibhai Hansrajbhai Patel
Office:Cabinet Agriculture & Animal Husbandary Minister in Government of Gujarat
Term Start:16 September 2021
Constituency:Jamnagar Gramya
Office2:Member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Constituency2:Jamnagar Gramya
Term Start2:2019
Office5:Cabinet Minister of Gujarat Government
Term Start5:1996
Term End5:1998
Predecessor2:Vallabh Dharaviya
Successor:incumbent
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
Otherparty:Indian National Congress
Occupation:Business

Raghavjibhai Hansrajbhai Patel is an Indian politician currently serving as Cabinet Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry in Government of Gujarat. He was elected to the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Jamnagar Gramya in the 2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Indian National Congress.[1] [2] [3]

He was one of the four members of the Indian National Congress who shifted to Bharatiya Janata Party post 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. He won the by-election in 2019 from the same seat.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/rs-election-ahmed-patel-s-cross-examination-completed-119062501269_1.html RS election: Ahmed Patel's cross-examination completed
  2. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/ex-cong-mla-raghavji-patel-joins-bjp-seventh-in-last-ten-days/articleshow/60326372.cms?from=mdr Ex-Cong MLA Raghavji Patel joins BJP; seventh in last ten days
  3. http://www.uniindia.com/rs-election-case-ahmed-patel-cross-examined-in-gujarat-hc/west/news/1638517.html The EC's decision to invalidate the votes of then rebel Congress legislators Bholabhai Gohil and Raghavji Patel helped Ahmed Patel get 44
  4. https://www.indiatoday.in/programme/5ive-live/video/3-congress-mlas-quit-party-in-gujarat-in-last-4-days-turmoil-in-grand-old-party-1476382-2019-03-12 3 Congress MLAs quit party in Gujarat in last 4 days: Turmoil in Grand Old Party?