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Place of Birth: Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
About Shankersinh Vaghela
- Shankersinh Vaghela (born 21 July 1940) is an Indian politician from Gujarat.
- He was the Leader of Opposition in 13th Gujarat Legislative Assembly. Vagela started his political career with Jana Sangh, which later evolved into Janata Party.
- After Janata Party split into various factions, Vaghela became a senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
- In 1996, he broke away from the BJP and formed the Rashtriya Janata Party.
- He served as the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 1996 to 1997.
- Later, his party merged with Indian National Congress (Congress).
- On 21 July 2017, he left congress and resigned from the post of the leader of opposition.
- He formed new outfit Jan Vikalp Morcha which contested but did not win any of the seats in 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. He has also served as a Member of Parliament, having been elected to the 6th, 9th, 10th, 13th and 14th Lok Sabhas.
- He was also a member of the Rajya Sabha from 1984 to 1989.
- He served as the Union Cabinet Minister of Textiles from 2004 to 2009 in the First Manmohan Singh Cabinet.
- He is represented the Kapadvanj constituency in the Gujarat assembly from 2012 to 2017.
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