Chhotubhai Amarasinhbhai Vasava (born 15 July 1945) is Indian politician from

Western India Western India is a loosely defined region of India consisting of its western part. The Ministry of Home Affairs in its Western Zonal Council Administrative division includes the states of Goa, Gujarat, and Maharashtra along with the Uni ...

n state of

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the nin ...

. He founded the

Bharatiya Tribal Party Bharatiya Tribal Party (abbr. BTP) is a political party based in Gujarat, India. It was formed in 2017 by Chhotubhai Vasava and Maheshbhai Vasava. The Election Commission of India allotted the Auto rickshaw symbol to BTP. History Gujarat Chh ...

(BTP) in 2017 after leaving

Janata Dal (United) Janata Dal (United) ("People’s Party (United)”) abbreviated as JD(U) is an Indian political party with political presence mainly in eastern and north-eastern India. JD(U) is recognised as a state party in the states of Bihar , Arunachal P ...

. He is a seven term

Member of the Legislative Assembly A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. S ...

from the Jhagadia constituency since 1990.

Early life

He was born in

Bharuch Bharuch (), formerly known as Broach, is a city at the mouth of the river Narmada in Gujarat in western India. Bharuch is the administrative headquarters of Bharuch District. The city of Bharuch and surroundings have been settled since time ...

district,

. He belongs to an

Adivasi The Adivasi refers to inhabitants of Indian subcontinent, generally tribal people. The term is a Sanskrit word coined in the 1930s by political activists to give the tribal people an indigenous identity by claiming an indigenous origin. The te ...

ethnic

Bhil Bhil or Bheel is an ethnic group in western India. They speak the Bhil languages, a subgroup of the Western Zone of the Indo-Aryan languages. As of 2013, Bhils were the largest tribal group in India. Bhils are listed as tribal people of the ...

tribal community.

Career

He is an MLA from

Jhagadiya Assembly constituency Jhagadiya is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India. It is part of Bharuch district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. List of segments This assembly seat represents the foll ...

. He was a member of

(JD(U)) from 1990 to 2017. He left JD (U) when it formed an alliance with

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the List of ruling p ...

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West ...

state in 2017. He founded the

(BTP), less than a month before the 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election which won two seats in assembly in an alliance with the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British ...

. He is a well-known tribal leader. He is one advocate of Bhilistan a separate state comprising tribal dominated parts of

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern s ...

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital city, capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar, and Rewa, India, Rewa being the othe ...

and Maharashtra.

Electoral performance

References

Living people Janata Dal politicians Janata Dal (United) politicians 1945 births Bharatiya Tribal Party politicians Adivasi politicians Bhil people Gujarat MLAs 1990–1995 Gujarat MLAs 1995–1998 Gujarat MLAs 1998–2002 Gujarat MLAs 2002–2007 Gujarat MLAs 2007–2012 Gujarat MLAs 2012–2017 Gujarat MLAs 2017–2022 {{JDU-politician-stub