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Somabhai Gandalal Koli Patel (born 10 August 1940) is an Indian politician and a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Surendranagar constituency of Gujarat and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Patel was arrested during the Emergency in 1977–78.
Somabhai Patel got the MLA ticket for the first time from the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1985, at that time Patel was a big character. Patel had turned the Koli caste, which was considered the backbone of the Congress, towards the Bharatiya Janata Party, as well as other OBC castes towards the Bharatiya Janata Party, due to which the Congress's Kham theory was in vain.
Positions held
List of some positions
1980–89 President, BJP, Taluka Viramgam, Gujarat
1984–89 Vice Chairman, Municipality, Viramgam, Gujarat Member, Gujarat
1989 Elected to 9th Lok Sabha
1990 Member, Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Surface Transport
1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
Elected to 14th Lok Sabha in 2004 (3rd term), Member of Committee on Foreign Affairs, Members of Committee on Absence of Members from the House Meeting
Member, Committee on Absence of Members from the House Meeting since August 7, 2006
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=1997–99 President of State Transport, Gujarat
1985–90 Member, Joint Secretary of International Koli Samaj and Lions Club, Viramgam, Gujarat as well as Vice President of Gujarat State Koli Samaj
References
External links
Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Somabhai Gandalal Koli Patel
- List of people with surname Patel
- List of people from Gujarat
- 2020 elections in India
- Surendranagar Lok Sabha constituency
- 2004 Indian general election in Gujarat
- 2013 elections in India
- 2009 Indian general election in Gujarat
- List of members of the 10th Lok Sabha
- List of National Democratic Alliance candidates in the 2004 Indian general election
