Balvantsinh Rajput
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| office1 = Cabinet Minister of Industries, Civil Aviation, Rural Development, Labour and Employment in Government of Gujarat
| term_start1 = 12 December 2022
|office5 = Chairman of Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC)
|term_start5 = 23 October 2017
| term_end5 = 2020
| office2 = MLA of Gujarat
| term_start2 = 2022
| constituency2 = Sidhpur
| term_start3 = December 2002
| term_end3 = December 2007
|term_start4 = December 2012
|term_end4 = 28 July 2017
|constituency1 = Sidhpur
| order =
| predecessor2 = Jay Narayan Vyas
| parliament = Parliament of India
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1962|8|17}}
| birth_place = Patan, Gujarat, India
| nationality = Indian
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| spouse = Bhikiba
| children = five children
| parents = Chandansinh Rajput (father)
Hansaba (mother)
| residence = Patan, Gujarat, India
| occupation = Politician
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| website = {{url|http://www.balwantsinhrajput.org}}
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Balvantsinh Rajput is an Indian politician businessman and cabinet minister of Industries, Civil Aviation, Rural Development, Labour and Employment in the Government of Gujarat. He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2017 after leaving Indian National Congress before the Rajya Sabha election.
Career
During the Gujarat Assembly election of 2012 Rajput who belonged to the Indian National Congress party declared assets worth 2680 million rupees ($41 million).{{cite web|title=57 criminals, 134 crorepatis in 2012 Guj assembly|url=https://rediff.com/news/report/gujarat-election-57-criminals-134-crorepatis-in-assembly/20121225.htm|publisher=Rediff|access-date=29 July 2017}} In the election, he defeated Jay Narayan Vyas of the Bharatiya Janata Party from the Sidhpur seat.{{cite web|title=Sidhpur constituency election results 2012 : Balvantsinh Chandansinh Rajput of GC WINS - Gujarat|url=https://www.newsreporter.in/sidhpur-constituency-election-results-2012-balvantsinh-chandansinh-rajput-of-gc-wins-gujarat-93918|publisher=News Reporter|access-date=29 July 2017}}
On 28 July 2017, Rajput along with two other Congress legislators resigned from the assembly and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of party president Amit Shah ahead of the Rajya Sabha election (Election to Upper House of Indian Parliament).{{cite web|title=3 Gujarat Congress MLAs resign, join BJP|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/280717/3-gujarat-congress-mlas-resign-join-bjp.html|publisher=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=29 July 2017}} It was announced that he was nominated by his new party as a candidate from the state's third seat.
He was congratulated by chief minister Vijay Rupani.{{cite web|title=Balwantsinh Rajput to be BJP's third candidate contesting from Gujarat for Rajya Sabha election|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/balwantsinh-rajput-to-be-bjps-third-candidate-contesting-from-gujarat-for-rajya-sabha-election-amit-shah-smriti-irani-4770138/|publisher=Indian Express|access-date=29 July 2017}}
References
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Category:Gujarat MLAs 2012–2017
Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Gujarat
Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat