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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
|name = Kanubhai Kalsariya<br />
|image =<br />
|office = [[Member of Legislative assembly|MLA]] of [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly|Gujarat]]<br />
|term_start = 1997<br />
|term_end = 2012<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n <br />
| party = [[Bhartiya Janata Party]] (1997-2012), [[Aam Aadmi Party]] (2014-2018), [[Indian National Congress]] (2018-)<br />
|constituency = [[Mahuva, Bhavnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mahuva]]<br />
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'''Kanubhai Kalsaryia''' is an Indian politician and social activist from [[Gujarat]].<br />
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== Career ==<br />
Kalsariya served as a [[Member of Legislative assembly]] from [[Mahuva, Bhavnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mahuva]] constituency in [[Gujarat]] for its [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly|10th, 11th and 12th legislative assemblies]] from 1997 to 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=TWELFTH GUJARAT LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY|url=http://www.gujaratassembly.gov.in/emembers12.htm|publisher=Gujarat assembly|access-date=19 May 2012}}</ref> He was a member of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] until 2012 when he did not renewed his membership. He led the farmers agitation against [[Nirma]] cement plant near [[Mahuva, Bhavnagar|Mahuva]] in 2011 which resulted in cancellation of environment clearance. He launched Sadbhavna Manch and contested independently in [[2012 Gujarat legislative assembly election]] but was unsuccessful.<ref name="timesofindia-economictimes 2012">{{cite web | title=Gujarat Elections: BJP rebel Kanu Kalsaria defeated | website=timesofindia-economictimes | date=20 December 2012 | url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-12-20/news/35933865_1_sadbhavna-manch-bjp-candidate-kanu-kalsaria | access-date=22 August 2015}}</ref> He joined [[Aam Admi Party]] in 2014<ref name="Bureau 2014">{{cite web | title=Ex-BJP rebel MLA Kanu Kalsaria joins AAP | website=The Hindu Business Line | date=1 January 2014 | url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/politics/exbjp-rebel-mla-kanu-kalsaria-joins-aap/article5526190.ece | access-date=22 August 2015}}</ref> and later moved to [[Indian National Congress]] in July 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/ex-mla-kalsariya-joins-congress/articleshow/64953672.cms|title=Ex-MLA Kalsariya joins Congress|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-08-13}}</ref><br />
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In November 2018, he led an agitation against the land acquisition for UltraTech cement plant near [[Talaja, Bhavnagar|Talaja]]. Later in February 2021, he was sentenced six months in jail by the local court for trespassing the mining site of the company.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-11|title=Gujarat: Former MLA Kanu Kalsariya sentenced to six months in jail|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2021/feb/11/gujarat-former-mla-kanu-kalsariya-sentenced-to-six-months-in-jail-2262815.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-19|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><br />
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