Parshottambhai Solanki

Parshottambhai Odhavjibhai Solanki
Member of Legislative Assembly of Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
2012
Minister of StateMinistry of Fisheries[1]
ConstituencyBhavnagar Rural
Member of Legislative assembly of Gujarat Legislative Assembly
In office
1998–2012
ConstituencyGhogha
Personal details
Born
Purshottambhai Odhavjibhai Solanki

23 May 1961
Andheri, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Asia
CitizenshipIndia
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseFalguniben Purshottambhai Solanki
RelationsHira Solanki (brother)
ParentOdhavjibhai Ramjibhai Solanki (father)
OccupationAgriculturist
Profession
  • Politician
  • Social activist
PortfolioMinistry of Fisheries in Government of Gujarat
NicknameSolanki Dada

Parshottambhai Odhavjibhai Solanki (also spelled as Pursottambhai Odhavjibhai Solanki)[2] is a Bharatiya Janata Party politician. He is member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly since 1998 representing Bhavnagar Rural constituency. He has served as the Minister of Fisheries in the Government of Gujarat.[3] He is alleged to have caused loss of ₹400 crore (US$72.4 million) to the government of Gujarat by granting contracts improperly.[4]

Solanki was active Hindutvawadi and master mind in Mumbai riots of 1992 - 1993, a high level inquiry was conducted by Srikrishna Commission and found that Solanki was most aggressive Hindutvawadi but at that time Solanki was Cabinet Minister in Government of Gujarat. Solanki belongs to the Koli caste of Gujarat.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Harsh Sanghvi is home minister, Kanubhai Desai gets finance in new Gujarat Cabinet | Full list". India Today. p. Purushottam Solanki (Minister of State), He has got Fisheries and Animal Husbandry. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  2. ^ Shutler, Nolan (2011). In Defence of Journalists. New Delhi, India, Asia: Socio Legal Information Cent. p. 189. ISBN 978-81-89479-74-9.
  3. ^ "Gujarat: Purshottam Solanki discontent with fisheries portfolio but gives in, takes oath as MLA". India Today. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  4. ^ Enarth, Shashidharan; Pathak, Jharna; Shah, Amita; Verma, Madhu; Wood, John R. (20 June 2016). Community Natural Resource Management and Poverty in India: The Evidence from Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. New Delhi, India, Asia: SAGE Publications India. pp. 148: In 2009, during our research, a trader, Ishaq Maradia, moved the Gujarat High Court and accused Purshottam Solanki, a powerful Koli community leader who influenced several assembly seats in coastal Saurashtra and was then the Minister of Fisheries in the GoG, of having given away fishing contracts for 58 reservoirs in the state, each spread over at least 200 ha (2 sq. km), without any tendering processes and at rates below the price fixed in the previous contract. According to Maradia, contracts worth 240 crore per annum were awarded for 2.36 crore. ISBN 978-93-5150-653-9.
  5. ^ Puniyani, Ram (2006). The Politics Behind Anti Christian Violence: A Compilation of Investigation Committee Reports Into Acts of Violence Against the Christian Minorities. New Delhi, India, Asia: Media House. p. 125. ISBN 978-81-7495-237-0.
  6. ^ Sharma, Ram Nath (2002). Gujarat Holocaust: Communalism in the Land of Gandhi. New Delhi, India, Asia: Shubhi Publications. p. 299. ISBN 978-81-87226-71-0.