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Indian Express
9 hours ago
- Politics
- Indian Express
Best MLA award winner, party's Dalit face: All about Shailesh Parmar, Congress's ‘interim' in-charge in Gujarat
Though tendering their resignation by owning moral responsibility for electoral defeats is nothing new for party chiefs, as a norm, the post-holders would wait for a word from the top leadership before relinquishing charge. In what can be seen as departure from the rule, Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Shaktisinh Gohil chose to leave the top job in the state party unit on his own on Monday by 'appointing' Shailesh Parmar, the party's Dalit MLA from the reserved Danilimda constituency in Ahmedabad city, as the in-charge of the party 'till the AICC appoints a new president'. This comes in the backdrop of the Congress's dismal performance in the Kadi and Visavadar bypolls. Gohil's decision has put Shailesh Parmar, 56, under renewed spotlight. Among the seniormost MLAs in the Gujarat Assembly, Shailesh Parmar has been winning the seat since 2012. Politics runs in the legislator's family as his father, the late Manharbhai (Manubhai) Parmar, was a formidable Dalit leader in Gujarat and a state minister in a previous Congress-run government. Before Danilimda, Shailesh Parmar also represented Shaher Kotda constituency, which was represented by his father till 1998. Though the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the seat in 2002, Shailesh Parmar wrested it back in 2007. In the last Assembly elections, Shailesh Parmar defeated the BJP's Naresh Vyas by a margin of over 13,000 votes. Shailesh Parmar is the party's deputy leader in the Assembly where the Congress's numbers have shrunk to 12. Shailesh Parmar has completed his Bachelor of Education from Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Prayag, in Uttar Pradesh. By vocation, he is a farmer who is also involved in construction business. In the last Gujarat Assembly, Shailesh Parmar won the Best MLA award along with the BJP's Jitu Sukhadia. Shailesh Parmar had recently accompanied the team that represented Gujarat in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association meeting held at Sydney in November 2024. Besides Shailesh Parmar, Anirudh Dave from the BJP joined Speaker Shankar Chaudhary as observers.
India Gazette
04-05-2025
- Health
- India Gazette
Gujarat govt launches 'Swasthya Gujarat, Medasvita Mukt Gujarat' campaign in Surat
ANI 04 May 2025, 11:06 GMT+10 Surat (Gujarat) [India], May 4 (ANI): The Gujarat government started a campaign called 'Swasthya Gujarat, Medasvita Mukt Gujarat' to help people stay healthy and free from diseases. This campaign focuses on reducing obesity and promoting a healthy lifestyle through yoga. A yoga event was held in Surat as part of this campaign, organized by the Gujarat State Yoga Board. Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghvi attended the event as the chief guest. Sanghvi said that under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, the Gujarat Assembly has passed a special resolution this year to make Gujarat a Healthy and Obesity-Free State. He also mentioned that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his radio program Mann Ki Baat, urged all citizens to live a healthy and obesity-free life by practicing yoga. Speaking to mediapersons, Gujarat Home Minister said, 'PM Modi in his 'Mann Ki Baat' program appealed that every citizen of the country should be obesity free and healthy. Under the guidance of CM Bhupendra Patel, a special resolution has been taken in the Legislative Assembly this year- Healthy Gujarat, Obesity Free Gujarat. Thousands of citizens of Surat city are involved in this program of obesity free Gujarat. In the coming days, the Gujarat government is determined to take this program to every village of the state...' The Gujarat government has formed the Gujarat State Yoga Board to connect people with yoga. The yoga program in Surat was organized ahead of International Yoga Day (June 21) to raise awareness about the benefits of yoga and healthy living. Home Minister Harsh Sanghvi said that the Gujarat government has decided to hold yoga in the assembly, under which the work of making the entire state free has been started. It has been decided to take yoga not only to cities but also to villages. (ANI)
