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Chhotubhai Amarasinhbhai Vasava (born 15 July 1945) is Indian politician from Western Indian state of Gujarat. He founded the Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) in 2017 after leaving Janata Dal (United). He is a seven term Member of the Legislative Assembly from the Jhagadia constituency since 1990.[1][2][3]
Early life
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He was born in Bharuch district of Gujarat state of northern India. He belongs to an Adivasi ethnic Bhil tribal community.[4]
Career
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He is an MLA from Jhagadiya Assembly constituency. He was a member of Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) from 1990 to 2017.[5] He left JD (U) when it formed an alliance with Bharatiya Janata PartyinBihar state in 2017.[6]
He founded the Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP), less than a month before the 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election which won two seats in assembly in an alliance with the Indian National Congress.[7][8]
He is a well-known tribal leader.[7] He is one advocate of Bhilistan a separate state comprising tribal dominated parts of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.[9][10]
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References
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^ Gmahiti
^ "Ahmed Patel saviour Chhotubhai Vasava puts Congress in bind". dnaindia.
^ "Vasava Chhotubhai Amarsinh(Janata Dal (United)(JD(U))):Constituency- JHAGADIA (ST)(BHARUCH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
^ "Ex-JDU MLA Chhotubhai Vasava retains Jhagadia seat". www.uniindia.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2017.
^ a b Deepalakshmi, K. (18 December 2017). "Bharatiya Tribal Party opens account in Gujarat". The Hindu.
^ "Congress stitches alliance with Chhotubhai Vasava". The Hindu. 21 November 2017. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
^ "'White House' to be centre of Bhilistan movement!". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
^ "Clamour for separate Saurashtra, Bhilistan to get louder". dna. 1 August 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
^ "Gujarat General Legislative Election 2017". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
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