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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Ashok Chandulal Bhatt
|image =
|birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1939|1|28}}
|birth_place = [[Ahmedabad]]
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|9|29|1939|1|28|df=yes}}
|death_place = [[Ahmedabad]]
|governor3 = Dr. [[Kamla Beniwal]]
| office = [[Cabinet Minister]] of [[Gujarat]]
| term_start = 1998
| term_end = 2000
| constituency = [[khadia]]
| office2 = [[Cabinet Minister]] of [[Gujarat]]
| term_start2 = 1995
| term_end2 = 1996
| constituency2 = [[khadia]]
|office3 = [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] of [[ Gujarat Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start3 = 2008
| term_end3 = 2010
| constituency3 = [[khadia]]
| office4 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| term_start4 = 1975
| term_end4 = 2010
| constituency4 = [[khadia]]
|party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|spouse = Jyoti Ashok Bhatt
|children = 3 sons, 1 daughter
<br /> [[Bhushan Bhatt]]
|footnotes =
|date= 30 September||year = 2010|
|source = https://web.archive.org/web/20100213041826/http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/States/Gujarat/speak.htm Veteran Parliamentarian and revolutionary
}}

'''Ashok Chandulal Bhatt''' (1939-2010) was an Indian politician from Gujarat state, affiliated with [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]] and [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. He was the Speaker of the [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]] when he died.

== Political career ==

He entered public life in 1956 through [[Mahagujarat Movement]] and joined the ''[[Jansangh]]'' in 1960.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/1998/feb/26guj1.htm |title=Lotus blooms in Khadia-Raipur |date=26 February 1998 | access-date=12 January 2019 |publisher=Rediff news }}</ref> He was very vocal in favour of banning [[gutka]] and other [[tobacco]] products altogether in the state.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-07-19/ahmedabad/27325699_1_ban-gutkha-anti-tobacco-drive-sale-and-production |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017170818/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-07-19/ahmedabad/27325699_1_ban-gutkha-anti-tobacco-drive-sale-and-production |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-10-17 |title=Gujarat to ban gutkha too: Bhatt |access-date=2007-07-20 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=2002-07-19}}</ref> He also took part in [[Nav Nirman|Nav Nirman Movement]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/States/Gujarat/speak.htm/ |title=Veteran Parliamentarian and Revolutionary |access-date=2010-09-30 |work=legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213041826/http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/States/Gujarat/speak.htm |archive-date=13 February 2010 }}</ref> He was BJP's losing candidate from [[Ahmedabad (Lok Sabha constituency)]] in 1984. But he was elected from [[Khadia, Ahmedabad|Khadia]] seat to Gujarat Vidhan Sabha eight times in a row. In 1975, as Jana Sangh candidate, and then eight times in a row from 1980 to 2007 as member of BJP. He was Minister for Health, Law and Justice for the [[Gujarat|Government of Gujarat]] when Keshubhai Patel was CM. Bhatt was forced to resign along with [[Harin Pathak]] who was Minister of State for Defence Production in center government in a case of instigating a mob leading to the lynching of Head Constable Laxman Desai during an anti-quota agitation in [[Gujarat]] in April 1985. <ref>{{Cite news|title=Jaitley says Harin Pathak must step down|language=en-IN|work=The Rediff|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2000/nov/11tara1.htm|access-date=2021-03-13}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite news|title=Harin Pathak "I am not facing any charge of murder."|language=en-IN|work=The Rediff|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2000/nov/12inter.htm|access-date=2021-03-13}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite news|title=Harin Pathak resigns, Bhatt may follow|language=en-IN|work=The Rediff|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2000/nov/11pat.htm|access-date=2021-03-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Case against Pathak, Bhatt to come up on Nov 23|language=en-IN|work=The Rediff|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2000/nov/10guj.htm|access-date=2021-03-13}}</ref>

Later he was the speaker of the assembly at the time of his death.

== Personal life ==

Bhatt was married to Jyoti, the couple had one daughter and three sons, including [[Bhushan Bhatt]] who was a member of the [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]] from [[Jamalpur-Khadiya (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jamalpur-Khadiya]] from 2012 to 2017 but lost in 2017 elections. <ref>{{cite web|title=Twelfth Gujarat assembly|url=http://www.gujaratassembly.gov.in/emembers12.htm|publisher=Gujarat assembly|access-date=19 May 2012}}</ref>
Bhatt died due to multiple organ failure in SAL Hospital in [[Ahmedabad]] on 29 September 2010 at 10:45pm where he was undergoing treatment of a heart problem for nearly three weeks.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://deshgujarat.com/2010/09/29/gujarat-assembly-speaker-ashok-bhatt-passes-away/ |title=Ashok Bhatt passes away |access-date=2010-09-29 |work=DeshGujarat.com | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101002053702/http://deshgujarat.com/2010/09/29/gujarat-assembly-speaker-ashok-bhatt-passes-away/| archive-date= 2 October 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Politicians from Ahmedabad]]
[[Category:Gujarat MLAs 1980–1985]]
[[Category:Gujarat MLAs 1985–1990]]
[[Category:Gujarat MLAs 1990–1995]]

[[Category:Gujarat MLAs 1995–1998]]
[[Category:Gujarat MLAs 1998–2002]]
[[Category:Gujarat MLAs 2007–2012]]

[[Category:Speakers of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat]]

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