Gujarat Parivartan Party was a political party from

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. It was founded by

Keshubhai Patel Keshubhai Patel (24 July 192829 October 2020) was an Indian politician who was the Chief Minister of Gujarat in 1995 and from 1998 to 2001. He was a six-time member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly. He was a member of RSS since 1940s, of Bharatiya ...

in August 2012. It performed poorly in 2012 assembly elections. It was expanded with the merging of the Mahagujarat Janata Party. Later it was merged back with the

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 ...

(BJP) in February 2014.

Formation

GPP was founded by former

Chief Minister of Gujarat The Chief Minister of Gujarat is the chief executive of the government of the Indian state of Gujarat. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. The chief minister's ter ...

Keshubhai Patel on 6 August 2012.

Gordhan Zadafia Gordhan Zadafia (born 20 June, 1954) is an Indian politician from Gujarat, India. He was a leader in Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) for 15 years before joining Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He served as the General Secretary of BJP in Ahmedabad ...

led Mahagujarat Janata Party dissolved itself in the Gujarat Parivartan Party.

2012 Gujarat legislative assembly elections

Gujarat Parivartan Party performed poorly and won two seats in 2012 Gujarat legislative assembly election. # Keshubhai Patel -

Visavadar Visavadar is a town and a municipality in Junagadh district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Geography Visavadar is located at . It has an average elevation of 91 metres (298 feet). Demographics India census, Visavadar had a populati ...

constituency # Nalin Kotadiya - Dhari constituency

Merger with BJP

GPP MLA

resigned following his ill health in early February 2014. President of GPP

announced merger of GPP with the

(BJP) on 24 February 2014. Senior leader of GPP and former chief minister

Suresh Mehta Suresh Mehta (born 5 August 1936) is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Gujarat from 1995 to 1996. Biography Early life Suresh Mehta was born on 5 August 1936 at Mandvi, Cutch State (now in Kachchh District, Gujarat, India). ...

opposed the decision. Nalin Kotadiya who represented Dhari in the

Gujarat Legislative Assembly Gujarat Legislative Assembly or Gujarat Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Gujarat, in the state capital Gandhinagar. Presently, 182 members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected from single-member cons ...

joined BJP along with party.

References

External links

Official website
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