Balvantsinh Rajput

Balvantsinh Rajput
Balvantsinh Rajput
Cabinet Minister of Industries, Civil Aviation, Rural Development, Labour and Employment in Government of Gujarat
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 12 December 2022
Constituency	Sidhpur
MLA of Gujarat
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2022
Preceded by	Jay Narayan Vyas
Constituency	Sidhpur
	In office; December 2002 – December 2007
	In office; December 2012 – 28 July 2017
Chairman of Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC)
	In office; 23 October 2017 – 2020
Personal details
Born	17 August 1962 (age 62); Patan, Gujarat, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Bhikiba
Children	five children
Parent(s)	Chandansinh Rajput (father); Hansaba (mother)
Residence(s)	Patan, Gujarat, India
Occupation	Politician
Website	www.balwantsinhrajput.org

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]

References

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

[1] "57 criminals, 134 crorepatis in 2012 Guj assembly". Rediff. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

[2] "Sidhpur constituency election results 2012 : Balvantsinh Chandansinh Rajput of GC WINS - Gujarat". News Reporter. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

[3] "3 Gujarat Congress MLAs resign, join BJP". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

[4] "Balwantsinh Rajput to be BJP's third candidate contesting from Gujarat for Rajya Sabha election". Indian Express. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

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