Pabubha Manek
{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|07|02|df=y}}
|birth_place = Okha
|office = Member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
|party= Bharatiya Janata Party
|constituency = Dwarka
|term_start =1990
|term_end =
}}
Pabubha Manek (born 2 July 1956) is a politician from Gujarat, India. He has served as the Member of Legislative Assembly from Dwarka constituency for 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th Gujarat legislative assembly.{{cite web|title=TWELFTH GUJARAT LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY|url=http://www.gujaratassembly.gov.in/emembers12.htm|publisher=Gujarat assembly|accessdate=19 May 2012|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226045131/http://www.gujaratassembly.gov.in/emembers12.htm|url-status=dead}}
Biography
Manek was born in 1956 in Vachu village near Dwarka to Virambha Hakbha Manek. He had seven brothers. He studied till 8th grade. On insistence of his community, he joined politics. He contested and won the 1990, 1995 and 1998 Gujarat legislative assembly elections as an independent candidate from Dwarka constituency. He joined the Indian National Congress (INC) and contested and won the 2002 Gujarat legislative assembly election from the same constituency. He left INC and joined Bharatiya Janata Party and won 2007, 2012 and 2017 Gujarat legislative assembly elections from the same constituency.{{Cite news |last=Kotecha |first=Jignesh |date=2022-11-29 |title=7 ટર્મથી નોટઆઉટ છે 'ભા': વેપારી પાસે સમાજે માગ્યો દીકરો ને બની ગયા રાજકારણના ખેલાડી, પબુભાએ ગુમાવ્યો હતો જુવાનજોધ પુત્ર |language=gu |work=Divya Bhaskar |url=https://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/election-2022/gujarat-election-2022/news/pabubha-manek-wins-for-7-timeexclusive-interview-of-dwarka-mla-pabubha-maneks-130618227.html}} He has also served as health minister in Government of Gujarat. He was disqualified from assembly by the Gujarat High Court in April 2019 ruling due to improper filing of the nomination affidavit in 2017 election. Later the ruling was stayed by the Supreme Court.{{Cite web |author=Scroll Staff |title=Gujarat High Court sets aside 2017 election win of BJP MLA Pabubha Manek, calls for bye-polls |url=https://scroll.in/latest/919890/gujarat-high-court-sets-aside-2017-election-win-of-bjp-mla-pabubha-manek-calls-for-bye-polls |access-date=2021-03-03 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2022-11-24 |title=BJP's 7-time winner from Gujarat's Dwarka says not elected, 'but selected by all' |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/bjp-pabubha-manek-dwarka-gujarat-assembly-polls-8286340/ |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}
A video went viral across the Saurashtra region in mid-2019 in which he was allegedly threatening RTI activists with dire consequences.{{Cite web |title=Video of the former MLA Pabubha Manek of Dwarka goes viral |publisher= Sandesh News TV |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gqgak1JxL8 |language=gu |access-date=2021-03-03}}
He again contested the 2022 Gujarat legislative assembly election from Dwarka.
Personal life
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Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat
Category:Gujarat MLAs 1990–1995
Category:Gujarat MLAs 1995–1998
Category:Gujarat MLAs 1998–2002
Category:Gujarat MLAs 2002–2007
Category:Gujarat MLAs 2007–2012
Category:Gujarat MLAs 2012–2017