Harsh Ramesh Sanghvi (born 8 January 1985) is currently Minister of State (MoS) Home. In the Gujarat CM

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’s cabinet, Sanghavi has been allocated nine portfolios which are Home, disaster management and police housing; MoS in sports, youth and cultural activities, NRI, excise and prohibition, border security and prisons. Before sanghvi Pradip Singh Jadeja,

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and Gordhanbhai Zadafia have served as the home minister of Gujarat under the BJP regime. He is a member of

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, Majura in

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. He was also National Vice President of Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha.

Early life

Sanghvi was born in

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on 8 January 1985. He came from a

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family who were

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s. Ramesh bhuralal Sanghavi (father) was the Diamond Merchant of Surat. He was among the youth who hosted our national flag in kashmir, lal chowk. He then worked in a civic hospital. Later, he joined Yuva Morcha, the youth cell of BJP. He was appointed the youngest general secretary of state for the

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. In the past, Sanghavi has also worked with

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, now the Minister of Information & Broadcasting, and MP

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. seat by a record-breaking margin and was the 4th highest winner of Gujarat Assembly. In 2013, Harsh was reappointed youth BJP state Vice President. In 2017, he was appointed National Vice President of

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. On 18 September 2021, he became Home Minister of Gujarat and assumed office as Home (MOS), disaster management and police housing; MoS in sports, youth and cultural activities, NRI, excise and prohibition, border security and prisons.

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. Harsh belongs to visa shrimali baniya community. During August, 2020 he tested positive for

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. During COVID-19 pandemic :- 1) he was among the first mla to start 200 bed oxygen supported hospital. 2)Under his inspiration lakhs of people in need including migrants were provided food with support of SMC and surat officers Gymkhana. 3)He along with his team had initiated delivering food, medicines etc. to elderly at their home.

Highlights from the Majura Election 2022

Harsh Ramesh Sanghavi, a

candidate, won the Majura Assembly constituency in Gujarat (December 8 2022). The counting of ballots for the Majura assembly seat is already complete. Majura was one of the most competitive constituencies in the Gujarat Assembly Elections 2022, with state home minister Harsh Sanghavi running as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate. Sanghavi beat Congress candidate Ashok Mohanlal Kothari by a significant margin of over 85 thousand votes in the 2017 elections. Majura assembly seat is part of the Navsari Lok Sabha constituency. PVS Sarma of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has been nominated to contest Sanghavi on the Majura seat, while Balwant Shatilal Jain of the Congress has been nominated.

References

External links

Harsh Sanghvi's profile on ourneta.com
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Austria India Youth Dialog
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