Preceded by Konijeti Rosaiah Constituency Rajkot West Children 2 daughters, 2 sons Name Vajubhai Vala Party Bharatiya Janata Party Succeeded by Mangubhai C. Patel | Preceded by Ganpat Vasava Political party Bharatiya Janata Party Religion Hinduism Role Politician Residence Gandhinagar | |
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Born 23 January 1939 (age 85) ( 1939-01-23 ) | ||
BJP will get thumping majority in Gujarat elections: Vajubhai Vala
Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala is an Indian politician who has been the Governor of Karnataka, a state of India, since September 2014. He served as the Speaker of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from 2012 to 2014. He was a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He served as a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Gujarat, holding various portfolios, such as Finance, Labour and Employment, from 1997 to 2012. He was elected to Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Rajkot West constituency multiple times.
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Career
He started his career as he joined Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and subsequently joined Jan Sangh in 1971. He was jailed for eleven months during emergency in 1975. He was the Mayor of Rajkot in the 1980s. Later he contested state assembly elections from Rajkot and served as the Cabinet Minister holding finance, revenue portfolios from 1998 to 2012. He was the finance minister for two terms. He hold the record of presenting budget in Gujarat Legislative Assembly 18 times as the finance minister. He was elected as the Speaker of assembly in December 2012 and served till August 2014. He was appointed as the Governor of Karnataka in September 2014. He has 2 daughters, 2 sons, and 5 grandchildren.
