Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava is an Indian politician associated with Bharatiya Janata Party and former Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs (till July 5, 2016) in the Government of India under the Prime Ministership of Narendra Modi. He first got elected to 12th Lok Sabha in a by-election held on 25 November 1998 from the Bharuch Parliamentary Constituency of Gujarat, once a stronghold of Congress President Sonia Gandhi's political advisor Ahmed Patel. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1998, 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014 from the same constituency (renamed as Bharuch in 2008); five times in a row. He also served in the Government of Gujarat in 1994 as a Deputy Minister. He holds a master's degree in Social Work (M.S.W.) from Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahemadabad and was graduated(B.A.) from South Gujarat University.
Read MoreHot seats in Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The BJP swept Gujarat in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha polls, winning all 26 seats. This time Congress gets the support of I.N.D.I.A bloc partners to stop the BJP. The ruling party leader Mansukhbhai has been on a winning streak from Bharuch since 1998.
BJP Bharuch MP Mansukh Vasava resigns from party on Tuesday. In his letter to BJP state president C.R Patil, Vasava said he will resign from Lok Sabha during Parliament's budget session.
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