Pradipbhai Khanabhai Parmar is an Indian politician and member of 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 ...

. He is currently serving as Cabinet Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of Gujarat. He is a first-term member of 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 ...

and contested himself from the Asarwa constituency in the city of

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 ...

.Asarwa election results: BJP leader Parmar Pradipbhai Khanabhai wins
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Political career

* 1987-90: Pradip Parmar served as President of BJP's SC Morcha Chamanpura Ward, Ahmedabad City. * 1990-92: He served as the Secretary of BJP's SC Morcha, Ahmedabad City. * 1992: He was BJP's candidate for Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation Election from Chamanpura Ward, Ahmedabad City. * 1993-95: He served as the Vice President of BJP's SC Morcha, Ahmedabad City. * 1995: He was BJP's candidate for the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation Election from Naroda Road Ward, Ahmedabad City, He lost the election by a mere margin of 54 votes. * 1996-98: He again served as the Vice President of BJP's SC Morcha, Ahmedabad City. * 2000-02: He served as the Gujarat State Executive Member of BJP's SC Morcha. * 2002-04: He served as the General Secretary of BJP Naroda Road Ward, Ahmedabad City. * 2009: He served as the President of BJP Naroda Road Ward, Ahmedabad City. * 2010-13: He served as the Secretary of BJP, Ahmedabad City. * 2013-16: He served as the General Secretary of BJP's SC Morcha, Ahmedabad City. * 2016-17: He served as the In-charge of BJP Khadia Ward, Ahmedabad City. * 2017: He contested the Gujarat State Legislative Assembly election from 56 Asarwa constituency situated in Ahmedabad City from Bhartiya Janta Party and successfully won the election by 49,250 votes highest to date of the Asarwa Constituency, His victory was also the highest win by percentage margin of the Asarwa Constituency. In the same year, He was also nominated as Gujarat University Senate Member by the Government of Gujarat. * 2018-20: He served as the Chairman of the SC Committee, Government of Gujarat. * 2021: He is currently serving as the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of Gujarat.

References

Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat People from Ahmedabad Gujarat MLAs 2017–2022 Year of birth missing (living people) {{Gujarat-BJP-politician-stub