Pabubha Manek (born 2 July 1956) is a politician from
Gujarat, India. He has served as the
Member of Legislative Assembly 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 to Virambha Hakbha Manek. He had seven brothers. He studied till 8th grade. On insistence of his community, he joined politics. He contested and won the
1990
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,
1995
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and
1998 Gujarat legislative assembly elections as an independent candidate from
Dwarka constituency. He joined the
Indian National Congress (INC) and contested and won the
2002 Gujarat legislative assembly election from the same constituency. He left INC and joined
Bharatiya Janata Party and won
2007
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,
2012
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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
Gujarat High Court in April 2019 ruling due to improper filling of the nomination affidavit in 2017 election. Later the ruling was stayed by the
Supreme Court
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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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1956 births
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat
Living people
People from Dwarka
Gujarat MLAs 1990–1995
Gujarat MLAs 1995–1998
Gujarat MLAs 1998–2002
Gujarat MLAs 2002–2007
Gujarat MLAs 2007–2012
Gujarat MLAs 2012–2017
Gujarat MLAs 2017–2022
Former members of Indian National Congress from Gujarat