Balvantsinh Rajput is an Indian politician businessman and

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of Industries, Civil Aviation, Rural Development, Labour and Employment in the

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. He joined the

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in 2017 after leaving

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before the Rajya Sabha election.

Career

During the Gujarat Assembly election of 2012 Rajput who belonged to the

party declared assets worth 2680 million rupees ($41 million). In the election, he defeated Jay Narayan Vyas of the

from the Sidhpur seat. 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

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ahead of the Rajya Sabha election (Election to Upper House of Indian Parliament). 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 Vijaybhai Ramniklalbhai Rupani (born 2 August 1956) is an Indian politician who served as the 16th Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2016 to 2021 for two terms. He is a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly, representing Rajkot West. He is a ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rajput, Balvantsinh Living people Gujarat MLAs 2012–2017 Indian National Congress politicians 1962 births Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat Gujarat MLAs 2022–2027