Vitthal Radadiya
{{Short description|Indian politician (1958–2019)}}
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|birth_place = Rajkot, Bombay State, India
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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 political party. He was a five time Member of the Legislative Assembly and twice Member of parliament, Lok Sabha.
Career
Radadiya had a B.A. degree and worked as a Social worker and politician. He ran a few schools through trusts. He was a BJP MLA who had joined Shankersinh Vaghela's Rashtriya Janata Party and afterward the Congress. In the early 1990s Radadiya joined the BJP, later he moved to the Congress Party. In 2013, he re-joined BJP.{{cite news |title=Former Gujarat MP Vitthal Radadiya dead |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/former-gujarat-mp-vitthal-radadiya-dead/article28745425.ece |access-date=29 July 2019 |work=The Hindu |date=29 July 2019 |language=en-IN |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190729105625/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/former-gujarat-mp-vitthal-radadiya-dead/article28745425.ece |archive-date=29 July 2019 |url-status=live }} He represented Dhoraji Assembly constituency five times.{{cite news |title=Vitthal Radadiya, Former Gujarat Lawmaker, Dies At 61 |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/vitthal-radadiya-former-gujarat-lawmaker-dies-at-61-2076970 |access-date=29 July 2019 |work=NDTV.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190729132825/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/vitthal-radadiya-former-gujarat-lawmaker-dies-at-61-2076970 |archive-date=29 July 2019 |url-status=live }}
He was director of Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative and the chairman of the Rajkot district co-operative bank.
Radadiya had sparked a controversy in October 2012 also after brandishing a gun at a toll booth employee after he asked for his identity card.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/as-mp-i-deserve-respect-congress-mp-vitthalbhai-radadiya-who-pulled-gun-at-toll-attendant-501596|title=As MP, I deserve respect: Congress MP Vitthalbhai Radadiya who pulled gun at toll attendant|website=NDTV.com|access-date=2019-07-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914052516/http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/as-mp-i-deserve-respect-congress-mp-vitthalbhai-radadiya-who-pulled-gun-at-toll-attendant-501596|archive-date=14 September 2016|url-status=live}}
=Posts held=
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| No. | From | To | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1993 | 1997 | MLA for BJP from Dhoraji, (9th assembly) |
| 2 | 1998 | 2002 | MLA for Vaghela's Party from Dhoraji, (10th assembly) |
| 3 | 2002 | 2007 | MLA for Congress from Dhoraji, (11th assembly) |
| 4 | 2007 | 2009 | MLA for Congress from Dhoraji, (12th assembly) |
| 5 | 2009 | 2012 | MP for Congress from Porbandar, 15th Lok Sabha |
| 6 | 2012 | 2013 | MLA for Congress from Dhoraji, (13th assembly) |
| 7 | 2013 | 2014 | MP for BJP from Porbandar (by-poll), 15th Lok Sabha |
| 8 | 2014 | 2019 | MP for BJP from Porbandar, 16th Lok Sabha |
Radadiya won Lok Sabha seat for Congress in 2009, but gave up the seat after he became MLA for Congress from Dhoraji after 2012 assembly elections. He resigned from Congress immediately after those elections and contested Lok Sabha by-poll of 2013 on BJP ticket and won.
Personal life
He was married to Chetna Ben. His son Jayesh Radadiya is also a politician and holds the portfolio for Gujarat Minister of Tourism and Aviation. Radadiya's son Kalpesh had died of cardiac arrest when in his 20s. In 2014, Radadiya married off Kalpesh's widow Manisha in her second marriage to Kalpesh's friend Hardik Chovatiya.{{cite news |title=Radadiya plays father to widowed daughter-in-law {{!}} Rajkot News - Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/rajkot/Radadiya-plays-father-to-widowed-daughter-in-law/articleshow/43594975.cms |access-date=29 July 2019 |work=The Times of India |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923205107/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/rajkot/Radadiya-plays-father-to-widowed-daughter-in-law/articleshow/43594975.cms |archive-date=23 September 2017 |url-status=live }}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}{{16th LS members from Gujarat|state=expanded}}
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Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Gujarat
Category:Gujarat MLAs 1990–1995
Category:Lok Sabha members from Gujarat
Category:People from Porbandar district
Category:Gujarat MLAs 1995–1998
Category:Gujarat MLAs 1998–2002
Category:Gujarat MLAs 2002–2007
Category:Gujarat MLAs 2007–2012