Harsh Sanghavi

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Harsh Sanghavi
Minister of State,
Government of Gujarat
Assumed office
16 September 2021
Ministry
Term
Minister of Sports, Youth Affairs & Cultural Activities
(Independent charge)		16 September 2021 - Incumbent
Minister of Excise & Prohibition
(Independent charge)		16 September 2021 - Incumbent
Minister of Border Security & Prisons
(Independent charge)		16 September 2021 - Incumbent
Minister of Home, Police Housing & Disaster management16 September 2021 - Incumbent
Member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2012
Preceded byconstituency created
ConstituencyMajura
Personal details
Born (1985-01-08) 8 January 1985 (age 36)
Surat, Gujarat, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)Prachi Sanghavi
ChildrenSon - Aarush, Daughter - Nirva
Parents
  • Ramesh Bhuralal Sanghavi (father)
  • Devendraben Ramesh Sanghavi (mother)
Websitewww.harshsanghavi.in
Source: [1]

Harsh Ramesh Sanghvi (born 8 January 1985) is currently Home Minister(state). In the new Gujarat CM Bhupendrabhai Patel’s cabinet, Sanghavi has been allocated nine portfolios are Home, disaster management and police housing; MoS in sports, youth and cultural activities, NRI, excise and prohibition, border security and prisons [1] Before Sanghavi, Pradip Singh Jadeja, Amit Shah, Haren Pandya and Gordhan Zadafia have served as the home minister of Gujarat under the BJP regime.He is a member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly,Majura in Gujarat, India. He was also National Vice President of Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha.[2][3]

Early life[]

Sanghvi was born in Surat on 8 January 1985. He came from a Gujarati 

family who were Baniyas. His father was the Diamond Merchant of Surat. As a youth, When he was just 15, he ventured in student politics.He then worked in a civic hospital. Later, he joined Yuva Morcha, the youth cell of BJP. He was appointed as the youngest general secretary of state for the BJP.  In the past, Sanghavi has also worked with Anurag Thakur, now the Minister of Information & Broadcasting, and MP Poonam Mahajan.[4]

Career[]

Sanghavi was the youngest member of the Legislative Assembly in 2012 when he was elected for the first time at the age of 27 from Surat City (Majura) in 2012. He won Majura (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Seat by a record-breaking margin and was the 4th highest winner of Gujarat Assembly. In 2013, Harsh was reappointed as youth BJP state Vice President. In 2017, he was appointed National Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha. On 18 September 2021, he became Home Minister of Gujarat and assumed office as Home (MOS INDEPENDENT), disaster management and police housing; MoS in sports, youth and cultural activities, NRI, excise and prohibition, border security and prisons.[5]

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.[6] Harsh belongs to visa shrimali baniya community.[7]

During August, 2020 he tested positive for COVID-19.[8][9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Gujarat: PM Modi's Madison Square program successor Harsh Sanghavi gets 9 portfolios in Bhupendra Patel cabinet". The New Indian Express.
  2. ^ "Gujarat Lokshabha Sabha - Members". Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Gujarat Vidhan Sabha - Who's who". Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  4. ^ "BJP's 27-yr-old to take on Congress veteran". indianexpress.com.
  5. ^ "Who is Harsh Sanghavi, the BJP leader who holds 9 portfolios in new Gujarat CM cabinet". ThePrint. 19 September 2021. |first= missing |last= (help)
  6. ^ "Surat citizens join hands to clean Tapi bank". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  7. ^ Nayan, Dave (12 December 2017). "Youngest sitting MlA Harsh confident of retaining seat". www.dailypioneer.com. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  8. ^ Aug 28, TNN /; 2020; Ist, 04:00. "Majura BJP MLA tests Covid positive | Surat News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 September 2020.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "Gujarat minister, Congress MLA test positive for coronavirus". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 4 September 2020.

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