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{{short description|Indian Politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Alpesh Thakor
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1975|11|7}}
| birth_place = Endala, Gujarat, India
| spouse = Kiran Thakor
| office = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 18 December 2017
| term_end = 24 October 2019
|predecessor=Nagarji Thakor
|successor=Reghubhai Desai
| constituency = [[Radhanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Radhanpur]]<ref name="alpeshwin">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/gujarat-verdict-alpesh-thakor-wins-in-radhanpur/articleshow/62115335.cms|title=Alpesh Thakor wins in Radhanpur|date=18 December 2017|work=The Times of India}}</ref>
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| caption =
| image =
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'''Alpesh Thakor''' is a politician from [[Gujarat]], [[India]]. He was a member of [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]] representing [[Radhanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Radhanpur]] (2017–2019). Formerly associated with the [[Indian National Congress]] party, he joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in 2019. He started his career as a social worker and political activist. He is a leader of the [[Koli people|Koli]] [[Thakor]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/congress-rebel-a-challenge-for-alpesh-thakor-in-radhanpur/articleshow/62063322.cms|title=Congress rebel a challenge for Alpesh Thakor in Radhanpur|author=evonomic times|newspaper=The Economic Times|date=13 December 2017}}</ref> community in Gujarat. He founded the ''Gujarat Koli Thakor Sena'' as well as ''[[Other Backward Class|OBC]], [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|SC]], [[Scheduled Tribe|ST]] Ekta Manch'' (OBC, SC, ST unity forum), a social platform to demand [[Reservation in India|reservations]] for people of the respective communities, around which a movement took place in Gujarat shortly after the [[Patidar reservation agitation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deshgujarat.com/2017/10/21/alpesh-thakor-meets-rahul-announces-to-join-congress-on-october-23-likely-to-contest-election-from-vav-against-shankar-chaudhary/|title=Alpesh Thakor announces to join Congress on October 23|author=Desh Gujarat|date=21 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indianexpress.com/elections/gujarat-assembly-elections-2017/gujarat-elections-will-join-congress-in-presence-of-rahul-gandhi-says-obc-leader-alpesh-thakor-4900352/lite/|title="Will join Congress in presence of Rahul Gandhi" says OBC leader Alpesh Thakor|work=The Indian Express|date=21 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thewire.in/200121/alpesh-thakor-interview-congress-gujarat-elections/|title=Gujarat Polls Not About Caste Dynamics, But People's Struggle Against the BJP: Alpesh Thakor|access-date=28 November 2017|work=The Wire}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/gujarat/ahmedabad/alpesh-thakor-supported-hardik-on-reservation/articleshow/61753282.cms|title=आरक्षण पर अल्पेश ठाकोर ने किया हार्दिक पटेल का समर्थन|access-date=28 November 2017|author=Navbharat Times(in Hindi)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/858080/uniting-against-common-enemy-bjp-hardik-patel-and-jignesh-mevani-to-address-joint-rally-on-dec-6|title=Uniting against 'common enemy' BJP, Hardik Patel and Jignesh Mevani to address joint rally on Dec 6|access-date=28 November 2017}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Alpesh was born on 7 November 1975 in [[Thakor Kolis|Koli]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/gujarat-alpesh-thakor-dhavalsinh-zala-resign-as-congress-mlas-say-party-humiliated-them-again-and-again/449130|title=Gujarat: Alpesh Thakor, Dhavalsinh Zala resign as Congress MLAs; say party humiliated them again and again}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Lobo|first=Lancy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1DBuAAAAMAAJ|title=The Thakors of North Gujarat: A Caste in the Village and the Region|date=1995|publisher=Hindustan Publishing Corporation|isbn=978-81-7075-035-2|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/congress-rebel-a-challenge-for-alpesh-thakor-in-radhanpur/articleshow/62063322.cms|title=Congress rebel a challenge for Alpesh Thakor in Radhanpur|newspaper=The Economic Times|last1=Chaturvedi|first1=Rakesh Mohan}}</ref> family of Gujarat. His wife Kiran belong to a [[Trivedi]] [[Brahmin]] family.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://khabarchhe.com/news/love-story-of-alpesh-thakor-he-married-his-college-friend|title = અલ્પેશ ઠાકોરની લવસ્ટોરીઃ ભાગીને લગ્ન કરતા પપ્પાએ માર્યો હતો લાફો}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/alpesh-thakors-wife-joins-his-poll-campaign/articleshow/61953951.cms|title = Gujarat assembly polls: Alpesh Thakor's wife joins his poll campaign | Ahmedabad News - Times of India}}</ref>

== Social activism ==
=== Gujarat Koli Thakor Sena ===
Thakor founded the Koli Thakor Sena in 2011. He has led many movements for the rights of the [[Thakor Kolis|Thakor]] community in Gujarat. In 2016, he floated a movement to rid the members of his community from [[liquor]] addiction. He has also demanded stricter laws against illegal trading of alcoholic drinks in Gujarat. The Koli Thakor Sena has around 700,000 members as of October 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/business-standard/20171030/281943133139695|title=Caste movement joins mainstream politics in Gujarat|work=Business Standard|date=17 October 2017}}</ref> Rameshji Thakor, the former state vice-president of the Gujarat Koli Thakor Sena, split from Alpesh Thakor to form his own outfit. He formed the Royal Koli Thakor Sena in 2013 and was elected as the president of his society.<ref name="sandesh.com">{{cite web|url=http://sandesh.com/opportunist-alpesh-thakor-who-betrayed-the-society-saw-his-status-in-limbdi/|title=સમાજ સાથે ગદ્દારી કરનારા તકવાદી અલ્પેશ ઠાકોરને લીંબડીમાં તેની હેસિયત દેખાડાઈ, સભામાં ફિયાસ્કો થયો}}</ref>

==== OSS Ekta Manch ====
Thakor comes from the Koli [[Thakor]] community in Gujarat. He rose to prominence and media attention after he launched a movement to counter the [[Patidar reservation agitation]] by [[Hardik Patel]]. He founded the OSS (OBC, SC, ST) Ekta Manch to unite all people of these communities for demanding reservation according to population of the particular community. He also said that the hidden motive behind the Patidar agitations is nothing but a gameplan to scrape the reservation system, and that his movement will counter it to 'protect their constitutional right'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/give-reservation-to-all-take-it-to-100-says-obc-leader-alpesh-thakor/|title=Give reservation to all, take it to 100%, says OBC leader Alpesh Thakor|access-date=28 November 2017|work=The Indian Express|date=3 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/patel-quota-protests-new-leaders-emerge-on-gujarats-political-arena-1219871|title=Patel Quota Protests: New Leaders Emerge on Gujarat's Political Arena|access-date=28 November 2017|publisher=NDTV}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/rein-in-hardik-patels-agitation-within-15-days-obc-leader-alpesh-thakor-warns-government/articleshow/49444291.cms|title=Rein in Hardik Patel's agitation within 15 days, OBC leader Alpesh Thakor warns government|access-date=28 November 2017|work=The Economic Times}}</ref> Thakor was arrested in September 2015 along with many others for organizing a meeting of all OBC communities in [[Mehsana]] district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deshgujarat.com/2015/09/23/39-including-obc-ekta-manch-convener-alpesh-thakor-booked/|title=39 including OBC Ekta Manch convener Alpesh Thakor booked|access-date=28 November 2017|author = Desh Gujarat|date=23 September 2015}}</ref>

== Politics ==
On 23 October 2017, Thakor joined the [[Indian National Congress]] party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national-gujarat-polls-obc-leader-alpesh-thakor-meets-rahul-gandhi-to-join-congress-on-oct-23-407723|title=Gujarat polls: OBC leader Alpesh Thakor meets Rahul Gandhi to join Congress on 23 Oct|date=23 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/gujarat-assembly-election-2017-alpesh-thakor-congress-obc-st-and-st-ekta-manch/1/1072499.html|title=Gujarat Assembly election 2017: Alpesh Thakor announces he will join Congress on Oct 23|date=21 October 2017|work= India Today}}</ref> He contested and won from [[Radhanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Radhanpur]] constituency in the [[2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election]].<ref name="alpeshwin"/> He had demanded the justice of a minor rape survivor in October 2018. The rape incident had triggered the [[2018 attacks on Hindi-speaking migrants in Gujarat|attacks on the Hindi-speaking migrants in Gujarat]] later. On 9 April 2019 he quit the Indian National Congress<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/hundreds-of-up-bihar-migrants-flee-gujarat-after-rape-backlash-triggers-attacks-1901445.html|title=UP, Bihar Migrants Flee Gujarat After 'Rape Backlash' Triggers Attacks; 342 Arrested|last=Sharon|first=Meghdoot|date=2018-10-07|work=News18|access-date=2018-10-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/oct/07/congress-mla-alpesh-thakor-denies-involvement-in-violence-over-sabarkantha-rape-1882351.html|title=Congress MLA Alpesh Thakor denies involvement in violence over Sabarkantha rape|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=2018-10-08}}</ref> and joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] on 18 July 2019.<ref>[https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/alpesh-thakor-another-former-congress-lawmaker-join-bjp-in-gujarat-2071741 Alpesh Thakor, Another Former Congress Lawmaker Join BJP In Gujarat]</ref> He contested legislative assembly bypoll from [[Radhanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Radhanpur]] in October 2019 and lost by margin of 3500 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/gujarat-bypolls-congress-turncoats-alpesh-thakor-trailing-by-4000-votes/article29783735.ece|title=Gujarat bypolls: Congress turncoat Alpesh Thakor trailing by 4000 votes|date=2019-10-23|website=Business Line|url-status=live|access-date=2019-10-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/alpesh-thakor-loses-gujarat-bypolls-1612560-2019-10-24|title=Gujarat bypolls: Alpesh Thakor, who defected to BJP, loses from Radhapur|agency=Press Trust of India|date=October 24, 2019|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-10-24}}</ref>

===Place of residence===
OSS House Ranip [[Ahmedabad]]
== See also ==
* [[List of Koli people]]
* [[List of Koli states and clans]]

== References ==
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