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.[1]
Pabubha Manek | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 1990 | |
| Constituency | Dwarka |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 July 1956 Okha |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Biography
editManek 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.[2] 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.[3][4]
A video went viral across the Saurashtra region in mid-2019 in which he was allegedly threatening RTI activists with dire consequences.[5]
He again contested the 2022 Gujarat legislative assembly election from Dwarka.[2][4]
Personal life
editManek has married Parmaben Manek. They have three sons; Sahdevsinh, Chandrasinh and Nilesh; and a daughter. His son Chandrasinh Manek died from Cholera in 2019.[2]
References
edit- ^ "TWELFTH GUJARAT LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY". Gujarat assembly. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- ^ a b c Kotecha, Jignesh (29 November 2022). "7 ટર્મથી નોટઆઉટ છે 'ભા': વેપારી પાસે સમાજે માગ્યો દીકરો ને બની ગયા રાજકારણના ખેલાડી, પબુભાએ ગુમાવ્યો હતો જુવાનજોધ પુત્ર". Divya Bhaskar (in Gujarati).
- ^ Scroll Staff. "Gujarat High Court sets aside 2017 election win of BJP MLA Pabubha Manek, calls for bye-polls". Scroll.in. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ a b "BJP's 7-time winner from Gujarat's Dwarka says not elected, 'but selected by all'". The Indian Express. 24 November 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ "Video of the former MLA Pabubha Manek of Dwarka goes viral" (in Gujarati). Sandesh News TV. Retrieved 3 March 2021.