Ashok Bhatt

Ashok Chandulal Bhatt
Cabinet Minister of Gujarat
In office
1998–2000
Constituencykhadia
Cabinet Minister of Gujarat
In office
1995–1996
Constituencykhadia
Speaker of Gujarat Legislative Assembly
In office
2008–2010
GovernorDr. Kamla Beniwal
Constituencykhadia
MLA
In office
1975–2010
Constituencykhadia
Personal details
Born(1939-01-28)28 January 1939
Ahmedabad, Bombay Province, British India
Died29 September 2010(2010-09-29) (aged 71)
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseJyoti Ashok Bhatt
Children3 sons, 1 daughter including
Bhushan Bhatt
As of 30 September, 2010
Source: Veteran Parliamentarian and revolutionary

Ashok Chandulal Bhatt (28 January 1939 – 29 September 2010) was an Indian politician from Gujarat state, affiliated with Bharatiya Jana Sangh and Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the Speaker of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly when he died.

Political career

He entered public life in 1956 through Mahagujarat Movement and joined the Jansangh in 1960.[1] He was very vocal in favour of banning gutka and other tobacco products altogether in the state.[2] He also took part in Nav Nirman Movement.[3] He was BJP's losing candidate from Ahmedabad (Lok Sabha constituency) in 1984. But he was elected from Khadia seat to Gujarat Vidhan Sabha eight times in a row. In 1975, as Jana Sangh candidate, and then eight times in a row from 1980 to 2007 as member of BJP. He was Minister for Health, Law and Justice for the Government of Gujarat when Keshubhai Patel was CM. Bhatt was forced to resign along with Harin Pathak who was Minister of State for Defence Production in center government in a case of instigating a mob leading to the lynching of Head Constable Laxman Desai during an anti-quota agitation in Gujarat in April 1985. [4] [5] [6][7]

Later he was the speaker of the assembly at the time of his death.

Personal life

Bhatt was married to Jyoti, the couple had one daughter and three sons, including Bhushan Bhatt who was a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Jamalpur-Khadiya from 2012 to 2017 but lost in 2017 elections. [8] Bhatt died due to multiple organ failure in SAL Hospital in Ahmedabad on 29 September 2010 at 10:45pm where he was undergoing treatment of a heart problem for nearly three weeks.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Lotus blooms in Khadia-Raipur". Rediff news. 26 February 1998. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Gujarat to ban gutkha too: Bhatt". The Times of India. 19 July 2002. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2007.
  3. ^ "Veteran Parliamentarian and Revolutionary". legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in. Archived from the original on 13 February 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
  4. ^ "Jaitley says Harin Pathak must step down". The Rediff. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Harin Pathak "I am not facing any charge of murder."". The Rediff. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Harin Pathak resigns, Bhatt may follow". The Rediff. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Case against Pathak, Bhatt to come up on Nov 23". The Rediff. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Twelfth Gujarat assembly". Gujarat assembly. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  9. ^ "Ashok Bhatt passes away". DeshGujarat.com. 29 September 2010. Archived from the original on 2 October 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2010.


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