Raghavji Patel

Raghavji Patel
Cabinet Agriculture & Animal Husbandary Minister in Government of Gujarat
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 September 2021
Constituency	Jamnagar Gramya
Member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2019
Preceded by	Vallabh Dharaviya
Constituency	Jamnagar Gramya
Cabinet Minister of Gujarat Government
In office 1996–1998
Personal details
Born	Raghavjibhai Hansrajbhai Patel
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress
Occupation	Business

Raghavjibhai Hansrajbhai Patel is an Indian politician currently serving as Cabinet Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry in Government of Gujarat. He was elected to the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Jamnagar Gramya in the 2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Indian National Congress.[1][2][3]

He was one of the four members of the Indian National Congress who shifted to Bharatiya Janata Party post 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. He won the by-election in 2019 from the same seat.[4]

References

1. RS election: Ahmed Patel's cross-examination completed
2. Ex-Cong MLA Raghavji Patel joins BJP; seventh in last ten days
3. The EC's decision to invalidate the votes of then rebel Congress legislators Bholabhai Gohil and Raghavji Patel helped Ahmed Patel get 44
4. 3 Congress MLAs quit party in Gujarat in last 4 days: Turmoil in Grand Old Party?