Kanubhai Kalsariya

Kanubhai Kalsariya
MLA of Gujarat
In office 1997–2012
Constituency	Mahuva
Personal details
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Bhartiya Janata Party (1997-2012, 2024-), Aam Aadmi Party (2014-2018), Indian National Congress (2018-2024)

Kanubhai Kalsaryia is an Indian politician and social activist from Gujarat.

Career

Kalsariya served as a Member of Legislative assembly from Mahuva constituency in Gujarat for its 10th, 11th and 12th legislative assemblies from 1997 to 2012.[1] He was a member of Bharatiya Janata Party until 2012 when he did not renew his membership. He led the farmers agitation against Nirma cement plant near Mahuva in 2011 which resulted in cancellation of environment clearance. He launched Sadbhavna Manch and contested independently in 2012 Gujarat legislative assembly election but was unsuccessful.[2] He joined Aam Admi Party in 2014[3] and later moved to Indian National Congress in July 2018.[4]

In November 2018, he led an agitation against the land acquisition for UltraTech cement plant near Talaja. Later in February 2021, he was sentenced to six months in jail by the local court for trespassing the mining site of the company.[5]

References

1. "TWELFTH GUJARAT LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY". Gujarat assembly. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
2. "Gujarat Elections: BJP rebel Kanu Kalsaria defeated". timesofindia-economictimes. 20 December 2012. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
3. "Ex-BJP rebel MLA Kanu Kalsaria joins AAP". The Hindu Business Line. 1 January 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
4. "Ex-MLA Kalsariya joins Congress". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
5. "Gujarat: Former MLA Kanu Kalsariya sentenced to six months in jail". The New Indian Express. 11 February 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.