Jayesh Vitthalbhai Radadiya (born 20 December 1981) is an Indian politician from

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and currently serving as the Cabinet Minister of Food, Civil Supply and Consumer Affairs, Cottage Industries, Printing & Stationery in

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. He is a member of the

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representing Jetpur constituency in 14th Legislative Assembly of Gujarat.

Early life and education

Jayesh was born on 20 December 1981 in

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village of

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state of

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to a Gujarati Patidar family,

Vitthalbhai Radadiya Vitthalbhai Hansrajbhai Radadiya (8 November 1958 – 29 July 2019) was an Indian politician who was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Porbandar constituency of Gujarat and was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party pol ...

and Chetna Ben. His parents had 4 sons namely Vaibhav, Jayesh, and Kalpesh - Lalit (Twins) of which Vaibhav and Kalpesh died in young age. Jayesh holds a degree of BE Civil from

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. He married Mital and the couple have a son Mahik and daughter Krishna.

Political career

Jayesh has started his political career since his college days in M.S. University where he was elected as a General Secretary of the M.S. University Students Union, a statutory corporate body of the students in India. In 2009, he was elected as MLA from the Dhoraji constituency and represented the

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. In 2012 he won the assembly elections from Jetpur on Congress ticket. But, he and his father then resigned in 2013 from Congress and joined BJP. In 2013, he was re-elected as MLA in a by-poll representing

from the Jetpur. He won from Jetpur again in 2017 and was made a minister by Chief Minister Rupani. His father Vitthalbhai (1958-2019) was also a politician and Social Worker who had been elected as a Member of

for the five terms since 1990–2009, and later a

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for 2 terms from Porbandar Lok Sabha constituency since 2009.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Radadiya, Jayesh Living people People from Porbandar Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat Gujarat MLAs 2007–2012 Gujarat MLAs 2012–2017 State cabinet ministers of Gujarat 1981 births Gujarat MLAs 2017–2022