Balvantsinh Rajput

Balvantsinh Rajput is an Indian politician businessman and cabinet minister of Industries, Civil Aviation, Rural Development, Labour and Employment in the Government of Gujarat. He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2017 after leaving Indian National Congress before the Rajya Sabha election.

Balvantsinh Rajput
Cabinet Minister of Industries, Civil Aviation, Rural Development, Labour and Employment in Government of Gujarat
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 December 2022
Constituency	Sidhpur
MLA of Gujarat
Incumbent
Assumed office 2022
Preceded by	Jay Narayan Vyas
Constituency	Sidhpur
In office December 2002 – December 2007
In office December 2012 – 28 July 2017
Chairman of Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC)
In office 23 October 2017 – 2020
Personal details
Born	(1962-08-17) 17 August 1962 (age 62) Patan, Gujarat, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Bhikiba
Children	five children
Parent(s)	Chandansinh Rajput (father) Hansaba (mother)
Residence(s)	Patan, Gujarat, India
Occupation	Politician
Website	www.balwantsinhrajput.org

Career

During the Gujarat Assembly election of 2012 Rajput who belonged to the Indian National Congress party declared assets worth 2680 million rupees ($41 million).^[1] In the election, he defeated Jay Narayan Vyas of the Bharatiya Janata Party from the Sidhpur seat.^[2]

On 28 July 2017, Rajput along with two other Congress legislators resigned from the assembly and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of party president Amit Shah ahead of the Rajya Sabha election (Election to Upper House of Indian Parliament).^[3] It was announced that he was nominated by his new party as a candidate from the state's third seat. He was congratulated by chief minister Vijay Rupani.^[4]