Harin Pathak (born 20 July 1947) is an Indian politician who was a member of the

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. He represented the Ahmedabad East constituency of

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and is a member of the

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. Phatak was denied a ticket to contest the 2014 Loksabha Elections by BJP. He was replaced by

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. Pathak was Minister of State for Defence Production in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's third cabinate from October 1999 to November 2000. Pathak was force to resigned along with Gujarat Health Minister

Ashok Bhatt Ashok Chandulal Bhatt (1939-2010) was an Indian politician from Gujarat state, affiliated with Bharatiya Jana Sangh and Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the Speaker of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly when he died. Political career He entere ...

in a case of instigating a mob leading to the lynching of Head Constable Laxman Desai during an anti-quota agitation in

in April 1985. He was an English teacher in Nalanda Vidhyalay at Ahmedabad. He was a corporator in Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation for several years. He was one of the rare politician who worked in municipal corporation and directly elected as member of parliament in Loksabha.

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Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
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