| Office | Minister of State, Government of Gujarat |
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| Office | Member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly
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| Term start | 16 September 2021
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| Predecessor | constituency created
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| Constituency | Majura |
| Born | 1985-1-8 (age 41) |
| Born | Surat, Gujarat, India
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| Nationality | Indian
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| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Prachi Sanghavi |
| Children | Son - Aarush, Daughter - Nirva
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| Website | Template:URL |
Harsh Ramesh Sanghvi (born 8 January 1985) is currently Home Minister(state). In the new Gujarat CM Bhupendrabhai Patel’s cabinet, Sanghavi has been allocated nine portfolios are Home, disaster management and police housing; MoS in sports, youth and cultural activities, NRI, excise and prohibition, border security and prisons [1] Before Sanghavi, Pradip Singh Jadeja, Amit Shah, Haren Pandya and Gordhan Zadafia have served as the home minister of Gujarat under the BJP regime.He is a member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly,Majura in Gujarat, India. He was also National Vice President of Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha.[2][3]
Early life
Sanghvi was born in Surat on 8 January 1985. He came from a Gujarati family who were Baniyas. His father was the Diamond Merchant of Surat. As a youth, When he was just 15, he ventured in student politics.He then worked in a civic hospital. Later, he joined Yuva Morcha, the youth cell of BJP. He was appointed as the youngest general secretary of state for the BJP. In the past, Sanghavi has also worked with Anurag Thakur, now the Minister of Information & Broadcasting, and MP Poonam Mahajan.[4]
Career
Template:Unreferenced section Sanghavi was the youngest member of the Legislative Assembly in 2012 when he was elected for the first time at the age of 27 from Surat City (Majura) in 2012. He won Majura (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Seat by a record-breaking margin and was the 4th highest winner of Gujarat Assembly. In 2013, Harsh was reappointed as youth BJP state Vice President. In 2017, he was appointed National Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha. On 18 September 2021, he became Home Minister of Gujarat and assumed office as Home (MOS INDEPENDENT), disaster management and police housing; MoS in sports, youth and cultural activities, NRI, excise and prohibition, border security and prisons.[4]
Social Work
On 28 June 2015, Harsh Sanghavi with 400 volunteers associated with the movement gathered at Navdi Ovara on the bank of river Tapi in Nanpura for cleaning it. The young volunteers who came with banners and brooms, stepped into thick muck on the river bank to remove plastic and waste. Wearing T-shirts with a message of 'Clean Tapi - Clean India', the participants carried out the cleaning work with a city-based rock band 'Antrikh' playing live music.[5] Harsh belongs to visa shrimali baniya community.[6]
During August, 2020 he tested positive for COVID-19.[7][8]
References
- ↑ Gujarat: PM Modi’s Madison Square program successor Harsh Sanghavi gets 9 portfolios in Bhupendra Patel cabinet. The New Indian Express.
- ↑ Gujarat Lokshabha Sabha - Members.
- ↑ Gujarat Vidhan Sabha - Who's who.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Who is Harsh Sanghavi, the BJP leader who holds 9 portfolios in new Gujarat CM cabinet. ThePrint(19 September 2021).
- ↑ Surat citizens join hands to clean Tapi bank.
- ↑ Youngest sitting MlA Harsh confident of retaining seat, Nayan, Dave. www.dailypioneer.com(December 12, 2017). Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ↑ Majura BJP MLA tests Covid positive | Surat News - Times of India. The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ↑ Gujarat minister, Congress MLA test positive for coronavirus. The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
External links
- On 28th birthday, Surat MLA gifts his young voters a job fair.
- Gujarat govt to set up two new LNG terminals of 10 MMTPA.
- Austria India Youth Dialog
- PM Modi's pinstripe monogrammed suit auction: As it happened(20 February 2015).
- BJP rebutts to Congress 'Hawala' accusations with picture of Afroz Phatta with Congress MP Azharuddin(28 April 2014).