Pabubha Manek (born 2 July 1956) is a politician from

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, India. He has served as the

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from Dwarka constituency for 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th Gujarat legislative assembly.

Biography

Manek was born in 1956 in Vachu village near

Dwarka Dwarka () is a city and a municipality of Devbhumi Dwarka district in the state of Gujarat in Western India. It is located on the western shore of the Okhamandal Peninsula on the right bank of the Gomti river at the mouth of the Gulf of Kut ...

to Virambha Hakbha Manek. He had seven brothers. He studied till 8th grade. On insistance of his community, he joined politics. He contested and won the

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and 1998 Gujarat legislative assembly elections as an independent candidate from Dwarka constituency. He joined the

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(INC) and contested and won the 2002 Gujarat legislative assembly election from the same constituency. He left INC and joined

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and won

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and 2017 Gujarat legislative assembly elections from the same constituency. He has also served as health minister in Government of Gujarat. He was disqualified from assembly by the

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in April 2019 ruling due to improper filling of the nomination affidavit in 2017 election. Later the ruling was stayed by the

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. A video went viral across the Saurashtra region in mid-2019 in which he was allegedly threatening RTI activists with dire consequences. He again contested the

2022 Gujarat legislative assembly election Legislative Assembly election was held in Gujarat from 1 to 5 December 2022 in two phases, to elect 182 members of 15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 8 December 2022. The Bharatiya Jana ...

from Dwarka.

Personal life

Manek has married Parmaben Manek. They have three sons; Sahdevsinh, Chandrasinh and Nilesh; and a daughter. His son Chandrasinh Manek died from Cholera in 2019.

References

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