Dinsha Jhaverbhai Patel (born 25 May 1937) is an Indian National Congress politician who was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India.
Dinsha Patel | |
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 Dinsha Patel in 2014 | |
| Union Cabinet Minister of Mines | |
| In office 28 October 2012 – 25 May 2014 | |
| President | Pranab Mukherjee |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Self as MoS (I/C) |
| Succeeded by | Piyush Goyal as MoS (I/C) |
| Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Mines | |
| In office 19 January 2011 – 27 October 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Bijoy Krishna Handique as Cabinet Minister |
| Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises | |
| In office 28 May 2009 – 18 January 2011 | |
| Succeeded by | Virbhadra Singh as Cabinet Minister |
| Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas | |
| In office 2006 – 2009 | |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1996–2014 | |
| Preceded by | Khushiram Jeswani |
| Succeeded by | Devusinh Chauhan |
| Constituency | Kheda |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 May 1937 Baroda, Gujarat |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Smt. Kundanben Dinsha Patel |
| Residence | Nadiad |
He represented the Kheda constituency of Gujarat and is a member of the Indian National Congress. He was the Union Cabinet Minister, Mines. He was the Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines (Independent Charge) from 19 Jan 2011 to 27 Sep 2012. He was also a Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (Independent Charge) from May 2009 to 18 Jan 2011 and was a Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas from 2006 to 2009. On 28 October 2012 he was given the responsibilities of Union Cabinet Minister, Mines.[1]
Contesting against Modi edit
Patel was chosen by the Indian National Congress to contest against Narendra Modi on the Maninagar constituency in the 2007 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election.[2][3][4]
His selection was based on his clean image and his Patel community background. He was selected after congress could not find any suitable candidate to oppose Narendra Modi. He was also being projected as the future Chief Minister of Gujarat. He lost the elections by more than 86, 000 votes.[5][6]
In the previous elections he lost the assembly elections in the Nadiad constituency against Pankaj Desai,[7] however he has won the Parliament elections since 1975 from Nadiad.
References edit
- ^ "National Portal of India".
- ^ The Hindu News Update Service Archived 1 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Zee News – Dinsha Patel to contest against Modi
- ^ Minister Dinsha Patel to take on Modi in Maninagar
- ^ "Narendra Modi wins by over 86,000 votes from Maninagar - Yahoo! India News". Archived from the original on 26 December 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2008.
- ^ NDTV.com: BJP MLAs to elect Modi their leader on Monday
- ^ Even tussle between Cong, BJP in Nadiad