Somabhai Gandalal Koli Patel

Somabhai Gandabhai Koli Patel
સોમાભાઈ ગાંડાભાઈ કોળી પટેલ
Personal details
Born (1940-08-10) 10 August 1940 (age 84)
Nagadka, Sayla Taluka, Surendranagar, Bombay Presidency, British India
(present day Gujarat, India)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress
SpouseMadhukantaben Patel
Children4
Parents
  • Gandalal Patel
  • Ambaben Patel
Alma materViramgam Taluka Shala, Ahmedabad
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Agriculturist

Somabhai Gandalal Koli Patel (born 10 August 1940) is an Indian politician and a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Surendranagar constituency of Gujarat and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Patel was arrested during the Emergency in 1977–78.[1]

Somabhai Patel got the MLA ticket for the first time from the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1985, at that time Patel was a big character. Patel had turned the Koli caste, which was considered the backbone of the Congress, towards the Bharatiya Janata Party, as well as other OBC castes towards the Bharatiya Janata Party, due to which the Congress's Kham theory was in vain.[2]

Positions held

List of some positions[3]

  • 1980–89 President, BJP, Taluka Viramgam, Gujarat
  • 1984–89 Vice Chairman, Municipality, Viramgam, Gujarat Member, Gujarat
  • 1989 Elected to 9th Lok Sabha
  • 1990 Member, Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Surface Transport
  • 1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
  • Elected to 14th Lok Sabha in 2004 (3rd term), Member of Committee on Foreign Affairs, Members of Committee on Absence of Members from the House Meeting
  • Member, Committee on Absence of Members from the House Meeting since August 7, 2006

Other

  • 1997–99 President of State Transport, Gujarat
  • 1985–90 Member, Joint Secretary of International Koli Samaj and Lions Club, Viramgam, Gujarat as well as Vice President of Gujarat State Koli Samaj

References

  1. ^ "Current Lok Sabha Members Biographical Sketch". 7 October 2007. Archived from the original on 7 October 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  2. ^ "A community called Koli - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Members : Lok Sabha". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 5 February 2021.