Asha Patel (6 September 1977 – 12 December 2021) was an Indian politician from

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Biography

Patel belonged to Vishol village in

Mehsana district Mehsana district (alternate spelling "Mahesana") is one of the 33 districts of Gujarat state in western India. Mehsana city is the administrative headquarters of this district. The district has a population of over 1.8 million and an area of ov ...

, Gujarat. She was a daughter of Dwarkadas and Hiraben. She had studied B.Sc. in 1997, M.Sc. in 2000 and had received PhD in chemistry in 2005; from

Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University (HNGU) is a public university in Patan, Gujarat, India. The geographical jurisdiction of the North Gujarat University encompasses four districts: Aravalli_district, Banaskantha, Mehsana, Patan district, Pa ...

. She was a professor. She was an executive member of

Umiya Temple, Unjha Umiya Mata Temple is the Temple of Goddess Umiya, the clan-deity or ''kuldevi'' of the Kadava Patidars. It is located in the center of Unjha, Mehsana district, Gujarat, India, where thousands of visitors visit every day. History In November ...

. She had participated in 2015

Patidar reservation agitation Starting in July 2015, the people of India's Patidar community, seeking Other Backward Class (OBC) status, held public demonstrations across the Indian state of Gujarat. The largest demonstration was held in Ahmedabad on 25 August 2015, and was ...

. She was elected to the

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from

Unjha Unjha is a town and a municipality in the Mehsana district of the Indian state of Gujarat. Unjha is 26 km north of Mehsana and 102 km north of Ahmedabad. Geography Unjha is located at . It has an average elevation of 111 metres (3 ...

in the 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election as a member of the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

. She later left Indian National Congress and joined

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

. She won a by-election in 2019 for the same seat.3 Congress MLAs quit party in Gujarat in last 4 days: Turmoil in Grand Old Party?
/ref> Patel died in

Ahmedabad Ahmedabad ( ; Gujarati: Amdavad ) is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 (per t ...

from complications of

dengue fever Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. Symptoms typically begin three to fourteen days after infection. These may include a high fever, headache, vomiting, muscle and joint pains, and a characterist ...

on 12 December 2021, at the age of 44.

Personal life

Patel was unmarried. She had three elder sisters and a younger brother.

References

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