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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | State to get 1st tribal speaker

State to get 1st tribal speaker

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published Published on Feb 24, 2011   modified Modified on Feb 24, 2011
Tribals of Gujarat are all set to get a new voice. With only Ganpat Vasava, the BJP MLA from Mangrol, filing his nomination for the speaker's post in the state assembly, he will be elected unopposed on Thursday. This will not only give Gujarat's its first tribal speaker, but at 39 years, he will also be the youngest in the state's history.

The post fell vacant after the last speaker Ashok Bhatt passed away in September last year.

When Vasava filed his nomination papers on Wednesday, the Congress decided not to field a candidate. Leader of the Opposition Shaktisinh Gohil said the Congress supported Vasava's candidature.

Vasava's family commands respect in south Gujarat as it has been in politics for a long time and is also involved in educational institutions in the region.

Vasava belongs to Vadi village in Umarpada taluka and won the Mangrol seat for the first time in 2002 by defeating sitting Congress MLA Raman Chaudhary.

He won the seat again in 2007 and was recently appointed secretary of the state BJP.

Vasava, who holds a master's degree in politics, first contested in the 1997 assembly election from Mangrol but lost.

His elder brother Amarsinh Vasava is a retired IPS officer. The MLA is a farmer and partner in a mining business. He also owns a petrol pump. He is considered close to chief minister Narendra Modi as he has helped the BJP garner support in south Gujarat's tribal belt.

He also chairs the assembly committee for tribal welfare and is a member of a number of other committees.

The Times of India, 23 February, 2011, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/State-to-get-1st-tribal-speaker/articleshow/7557838.cms


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