Batukrai H Vora (1930–2004) was a journalist from
Palitana
Palitana is a city in the Bhavnagar district of the Indian state of Gujarat. It is one of the most significant pilgrimage destinations for followers of Jainism, renowned for the Shatrunjaya hill temples, a sprawling complex of over 900 marble t ...
, Gujarat, India. He represented
Palitana constituency from 1972 to 1975. 1949-1950 he worked with ''Jay Gujarat'' and ''Mashal'',
Gujarati language
Gujarati ( ; , ) is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian state of Gujarat and spoken predominantly by the Gujarati people. Gujarati is descended from Old Western Rājasthāni, Old Gujarati (). In India, it is one of the 22 Languages with ...
-journalist published in Bombay. He then became involved in
trade union
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struggles and joined the
Communist Party of India
The Communist Party of India (CPI) is a political party in India. The CPI considers the Foundation of the Communist Party of India, December 26, 1925 Cawnpore (Kanpur) conference as its foundation date. Between 1946 and 1951, the CPI led m ...
. After returning to journalistic work, he wrote for the CPI party organ
New Age
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. He also worked for ''India Abroad'', and was its correspondent in San Francisco, United States.
In the 1978 Gujarat state assembly elections he contested and won the Palitana seat in
Bhavnagar district as a CPI candidate. He is the only CPI candidate in history which has won a seat in the Gujarat state assembly.
Following the
2002 Gujarat violence, Vora emerged as a staunch critic of the
Narendra Modi
Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician who has served as the Prime Minister of India, prime minister of India since 2014. Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Par ...
state government. Vora died from
cancer
Cancer is a group of diseases involving Cell growth#Disorders, abnormal cell growth with the potential to Invasion (cancer), invade or Metastasis, spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Po ...
at the age of 74 in 2004.
References
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1930 births
2004 deaths
Indian male journalists
Communist Party of India politicians from Gujarat
Gujarati people
Journalists from Gujarat