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| name = Bharatsinh Solanki
| office = President [[Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee]]
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| term_start1 = 2015
| term_end1 = March 2018
| predecessor1 = [[Arjun Modhwadia]]
| successor1 = [[Amit Chavda]]
| term_start2 = 2006
| term_end2 = 2008
| predecessor2 = [[B. K. Gadhvi]]
| successor2 = [[Siddharth Patel]]
| office3 = [[Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (India)|Union Minister of State for Drinking Water and Sanitation (Independent Charge)]]
| term_start3 = October 2012
| term_end3 = May 2014
| office4 = Minister of State for Railways, Govt. of India
| term_start4 = January 2011
| term_end4 = October 2012
| office5 = Minister of State for Power, Govt. of India
| term_start5 = June 2009
| term_end5 = January 2011
| term_start6 = 2004
| term_end6 = 2014
| office6 = [[Member of Parliament]] Lok Sabha
| constituency6 = [[Anand (Lok Sabha constituency)|Anand]]
| office7 = [[All India Congress Committee|AICC]] incharge of [[Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee]]
| term_start7 = 24 December 2023
| term_end7 = 14 February 2025
| successor7 = [[Syed Naseer Hussain]]
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'''Bharatsinh Madhavsinh Solanki''' (born 26 November 1953) is an Indian politician and former president of [[Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee]]. He was Minister of State for [[Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (India)|Union Minister of State for Drinking Water and Sanitation (Independent Charge)]] in the [[Government of India]] in the [[Second Manmohan Singh ministry]] till May 2014. His previous posts include that of Minister of State for Power. He has also served as Secretary at [[All India Congress Committee]] from 2004 to 2006. He was born to [[Madhavsinh Solanki]] of Gujarat.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shah |first=Ghanshyam |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mdzsAAAAMAAJ&q=Madhavsinh+Koli |title=Capitalist Development: Critical Essays |date=1990 |publisher=Popular Prakashan |isbn=9780861322701 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=कुमार |first=रजनीश |date=2017-12-13 |title=गुजरात: बनिये का दिमाग़ और मियांभाई की बहादुरी |url=https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-42334430 |access-date=2020-09-08 |publisher=BBC News हिंदी |language=hi}}</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 (See Pages 173 and 174) |date=1995 |work=The Hindustan Publishing Corporation |isbn=978-81-7075-035-2 |language=en}}</ref>

After winning the election twice, in 2004 and 2009, he lost the [[Anand (Lok Sabha constituency)|Anand]] seat in the [[2014 Indian general election]] to Dilipbhai Patel of BJP.<ref>{{cite web | title = Lotus garden: BJP wins all 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Lotus-garden-BJP-wins-all-26-Lok-Sabha-seats-in-Gujarat/articleshow/35228313.cms |date=17 May 2014| access-date = 2014-05-17 | work =The Times of India}}</ref>

==Offices held==
*1992 – General Secretary ([[Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee]])
*1995-2004 – Member, [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]] (Three Terms)
*2003-2004 – Deputy Leader of Opposition, [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]]
*2004-2014 – [[Member of Parliament]]
*2004 – Secretary, [[All India Congress Committee|A.I.C.C.]]
*2006 -2008 – President, [[Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee]]
*June 2009-January 2011, Union Minister of State of Power, Government of India<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/article410604.ece|title=Power companies to import 35 million tonnes of coal |work=The Hindu|access-date=8 May 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100429161913/http://beta.thehindu.com/business/Industry/article410604.ece| archive-date= 29 April 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>
*January 2011-October 2012, Minister of State for Railways, Govt. of India
*October 2012 – May 2014, Minister of State for Drinking Water and Sanitation(Independent Charge), Govt. of India
*2015-March 2018 – President, [[Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee]]

He is a former member of the [[Press Council of India]] and has served on several committees, including the Joint Committee on Offices of Profit and the Committee on Public Undertaking.

== See also ==
* [[List of Koli people]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071214022019/http://www.bharatsolanki.com/ Official web site]

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