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 Jam Kandorna village of

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state of

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to a Gujarati Patidar family, Vitthalbhai Radadiya 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

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Vijay Rupani Vijay Ramniklal Rupani (2 August 1956 – 12 June 2025) was an Indian politician who served as the chief minister of Gujarat from 2016 to 2021. He was a representative in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly for the Rajkot West constituency from ...

. 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

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since 2009. ----Social Work: BJP youth leader Jayesh Radadiya organized a grand wedding ceremony of 511 daughters named 'Prem Nu Panetar' in Jamkandorna. As Kariyavar (gift) he gave 120 items to every brid

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Radadiya, Jayesh Living people 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