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	Vaghela joined the [[Nationalist Congress Party]] (NCP) in January 2019. He was appointed the National General Secretary as well as the State President of the party.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/former-gujarat-cm-shankarsinh-vaghela-joins-ncp-in-presence-of-sharad-pawar/articleshow/67741621.cms?from=mdr\|title=Former Gujarat CM Shankarsinh Vaghela joins NCP in presence of Sharad Pawar\|date=29 January 2019\|work=The Economic Times\|access-date=12 March 2020}}</ref> He was removed from the post of State President in early June 2020, a week before [[2020 Indian Rajya Sabha elections]]. He resigned from the NCP on 22 June 2020 citing his displease at his removal from the post and cross voting by NCP's only MLA [[Kandhal Jadeja]] in Rajya Sabha election.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=PTI\|date=22 June 2020\|title=Shankersinh Vaghela Resigns From NCP\|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/shankersinh-vaghela-resigns-from-nationalist-congress-party-2250441\|access-date=28 September 2020\|work=NDTV.com}}</ref>		Vaghela joined the [[Nationalist Congress Party]] (NCP) in January 2019. He was appointed the National General Secretary as well as the State President of the party.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/former-gujarat-cm-shankarsinh-vaghela-joins-ncp-in-presence-of-sharad-pawar/articleshow/67741621.cms?from=mdr\|title=Former Gujarat CM Shankarsinh Vaghela joins NCP in presence of Sharad Pawar\|date=29 January 2019\|work=The Economic Times\|access-date=12 March 2020}}</ref> He was removed from the post of State President in early June 2020, a week before [[2020 Indian Rajya Sabha elections]]. He resigned from the NCP on 22 June 2020 citing his displease at his removal from the post and cross voting by NCP's only MLA [[Kandhal Jadeja]] in Rajya Sabha election.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=PTI\|date=22 June 2020\|title=Shankersinh Vaghela Resigns From NCP\|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/shankersinh-vaghela-resigns-from-nationalist-congress-party-2250441\|access-date=28 September 2020\|work=NDTV.com}}</ref>

			==See also==
			*[[1995–1997 Gujarat political crisis]]

	==References==		==References==

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	==Early and personal Life==		==Early and personal Life==
	Vaghela was born in Vasan, [[Gandhinagar District]], in [[Gujarat]]. He studied [[Master of Arts]] from [[Gujarat University]]. His son [[Mahendrasinh Vaghela\|Mahendrasinh]] was MLA from [[Bayad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Bayad]] from 2012 to 2017.		Vaghela was born in Vasan in a rajput family, [[Gandhinagar District]], in [[Gujarat]]. He studied [[Master of Arts]] from [[Gujarat University]]. His son [[Mahendrasinh Vaghela\|Mahendrasinh]] was MLA from [[Bayad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Bayad]] from 2012 to 2017.

	On 27 June 2020, Vaghela tested positive for [[Coronavirus]].<ref>{{cite news \|title=Ex-Gujarat Chief Minister Shankarsinh Vaghela tests positive, quarantined at his residence \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/ex-gujarat-chief-minister-shankarsinh-vaghela-tests-positive-quarantined-at-his-residence/article31935695.ece \|accessdate=28 June 2020 \|publisher=The Hindu \|date=27 June 2020}}</ref> He healed from [[Coronavirus]] on 23 July 2020 at the age of 80 years.<ref>{{Cite news\|title=Former Guj CM Sets Fitness Goals at 80 with Viral Exercise Photos after Beating Covid-19\|url=https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/former-guj-cm-sets-fitness-goals-at-80-with-viral-exercise-photos-after-beating-covid-19-2729857.html\|access-date=30 July 2020\|work=News18}}</ref>		On 27 June 2020, Vaghela tested positive for [[Coronavirus]].<ref>{{cite news \|title=Ex-Gujarat Chief Minister Shankarsinh Vaghela tests positive, quarantined at his residence \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/ex-gujarat-chief-minister-shankarsinh-vaghela-tests-positive-quarantined-at-his-residence/article31935695.ece \|accessdate=28 June 2020 \|publisher=The Hindu \|date=27 June 2020}}</ref> He healed from [[Coronavirus]] on 23 July 2020 at the age of 80 years.<ref>{{Cite news\|title=Former Guj CM Sets Fitness Goals at 80 with Viral Exercise Photos after Beating Covid-19\|url=https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/former-guj-cm-sets-fitness-goals-at-80-with-viral-exercise-photos-after-beating-covid-19-2729857.html\|access-date=30 July 2020\|work=News18}}</ref>

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| name = Shankersinh Vaghela
| image = The Union Minister for Textiles, Shri Shankersinh Vaghela addressing a press conference in connection with the ‘TEX Summit’ in New Delhi on August 30, 2007.jpg
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| caption =
| office = Leader of the Opposition of [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 23 January 2013
| term_end = 21 July 2017
| predecessor = [[Shaktisinh Gohil]]
| successor = Mohan Rathwa
| office1 = [[Ministry of Textiles| Union Textile Minister of India]]
| primeminister1 = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| term_start1 = 23 May 2004
| term_end1 = 22 May 2009
| predecessor1 = [[Syed Shahnawaz Hussain]]
| successor1 = [[Dayanidhi Maran]]
| order2 = 12th
| office2 = Chief Minister of Gujarat
| governor2 = [[Krishna Pal Singh]]
| term_start2 = 23 October 1996
| term_end2 = 27 October 1997
| predecessor2 = [[Suresh Mehta]]
| successor2 = [[Dilip Parikh]]
| office3 = [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly|Member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start3 = 2012
| term_end3 = 2017
| constituency3 = [[Kapadvanj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kapadvanj]]
| term_start4 = 1997
| term_end4 = 1998
| constituency4 = Radhanpur
| office5 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term_start5 = 1991
| term_end5 = 1996
| predecessor5 = [[Shantilal Patel]]
| successor5 = Shantilal Patel
| constituency5 = [[Godhra (Lok Sabha constituency)|Godhra]]
| term_start6 = 1989
| term_end6 = 1991
| constituency6 = [[Gandhinagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gandhinagar]]
| predecessor6 = G. I. Patel
| successor6 = [[L. K. Advani]]
| term_start7 = 1977
| term_end7 = 1980
| predecessor7 = [[Dharmsinh Desai]]
| successor7 = [[Natvarsinh Solanki]]
| constituency7 = [[Kapadvanj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kapadvanj]]
| term_start8 = 1999
| term_end8 = 2009
| predecessor8 = [[Jaysinhji Chauhan]]
| successor8 = ''Constituency Abolished''
| constituency8 = Kapadvanj
| office9 = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| term_start9 = 10 April 1984
| term_end9 = 9 April 1990
| constituency9 = [[Gujarat]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|7|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Gandhinagar]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]]
| residence = [[Gandhinagar]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = [[Independent politician|Independent]] (2020-present)
| otherparty = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (1970s - 1996) [[Rashtriya Janata Party]] (1996 - 1998) [[Indian National Congress]] (1998-2017) Jan Vikalp Morcha/[[All India Hindustan Congress Party|AIHCP]] (2017-2019) [[Nationalist Congress Party]] (2019-2020)
| spouse = Gulab ba
| children = 3 sons including
[[Mahendrasinh Vaghela]]
| website = {{url|http://shankersinhvaghela.in/|Shankersinh Vaghela}}
| footnotes =
| date = 25 February|
| year = 2006
| source = http://164.100.24.209/newls/Biography.aspx?mpsno=497
}}

'''Shankersinh Vaghela''' (born 21 July 1940) is an Indian politician and former [[Chief Minister of Gujarat]]. He was the Leader of Opposition in 13th [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]].

Vagela started his political career with the [[Jana Sangh]], which later merged into the [[Janata Party]] in 1977. After [[Janata Party]] split into various factions, Vaghela became a senior leader of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP). In 1996, he broke away from the BJP and formed the [[Rashtriya Janata Party]]. He served as the [[Chief Minister of Gujarat]] from 1996 to 1997. Later, his party merged with [[Indian National Congress]] ([[Congress]]). On 21 July 2017, he left congress and resigned from the post of the leader of opposition. He formed new outfit Jan Vikalp Morcha which contested but did not win any of the seats in [[2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election]]. He was a member of the [[Nationalist Congress Party]] in 2019-20.

He has also served as a Member of [[Parliament]], having been elected to the [[6th Lok Sabha|6th]], [[9th Lok Sabha|9th]] (1989-1991), [[10th Lok Sabha|10th]], [[13th Lok Sabha|13th]] and [[14th Lok Sabha|14th]] [[Lok Sabha]]s. He was also a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] from 1984 to 1989. He served as the [[Ministry of Textiles (India)|Union Cabinet Minister of Textiles]] from 2004 to 2009 in the [[First Manmohan Singh Cabinet]]. He represented the [[Kapadvanj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kapadvanj]] constituency in the Gujarat legislative assembly from 2012 to 2017.<ref name=Sketch>[http://164.100.24.209/newls/Biography.aspx?mpsno=497 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417092355/http://164.100.24.209/newls/Biography.aspx?mpsno=497 |date=17 April 2008 }}.</ref>

==Early and personal Life==
Vaghela was born in Vasan, [[Gandhinagar District]], in [[Gujarat]]. He studied [[Master of Arts]] from [[Gujarat University]]. His son [[Mahendrasinh Vaghela|Mahendrasinh]] was MLA from [[Bayad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bayad]] from 2012 to 2017.

On 27 June 2020, Vaghela tested positive for [[Coronavirus]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-Gujarat Chief Minister Shankarsinh Vaghela tests positive, quarantined at his residence |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/ex-gujarat-chief-minister-shankarsinh-vaghela-tests-positive-quarantined-at-his-residence/article31935695.ece |accessdate=28 June 2020 |publisher=The Hindu |date=27 June 2020}}</ref> He healed from [[Coronavirus]] on 23 July 2020 at the age of 80 years.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Former Guj CM Sets Fitness Goals at 80 with Viral Exercise Photos after Beating Covid-19|url=https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/former-guj-cm-sets-fitness-goals-at-80-with-viral-exercise-photos-after-beating-covid-19-2729857.html|access-date=30 July 2020|work=News18}}</ref>

==Political career ==
Vaghela was an active member of [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] (RSS) before joining [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|Jana Sangh]]. He was jailed during the [[The Emergency (India)|Indira Gandhi's Emergency]].

===Janata Party and Bharatiya Janata Party===
After the Emergency was lifted, he was elected to the [[6th Lok Sabha]] (1977-1979) on a [[Janata Party]] ticket from [[Kapadvanj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kapadvanj]] but lost that seat in 1980 elections.

He was the Vice-President of the [[Janata Party]] in [[Gujarat]] and from 1980 to 1991 he was the General Secretary and President of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) in Gujarat. He was a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] from 1984 to 1989. In 1989 he was elected to the [[9th Lok Sabha]] (1989–91) from [[Gandhinagar]] and in 1991 he was re-elected to the [[10th Lok Sabha]] (1991–96) from [[Godhra (Lok Sabha constituency)]].

In 1995, BJP won a majority of 121 seats in the 182-member [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]]. Many party legislators expressed a preference for Vaghela as their leader. However, the BJP leadership installed [[Keshubhai Patel]] as the Chief Minister, and the support for Vaghela was gradually eroded. [[Narendra Modi]] is said to have thrown his weight behind Keshubhai Patel in preference to Vaghela, and was held responsible for the ensuing events by Vaghela.

In September 1995, Vaghela rebelled against the BJP leadership with the support of 47 MLAs. In the subsequent compromise worked out by the leadership, [[Keshubhai Patel]] was replaced by a Vaghela loyalist [[Suresh Mehta]] as the Chief Minister. Modi was temporarily banished from Gujarat.<ref name=Nag>{{cite book |last=Nag |first=Kingshuk |title=The NaMo Story - A Political Life |year=2013 |publisher=Roli Books| isbn=978-8174369383 |pages=62–65}}
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Vaghela lost Godhra seat in May 1996 Lok Sabha polls, and soon left [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] with his supporters, bringing down [[Suresh Mehta]]'s government.

===Rashtriya Janata Party and Chief Minister===
He floated his own party, named [[Rashtriya Janata Party]] and became Chief Minister with Congress Party's support in October 1996.

He won bye-poll to Gujarat Assembly from Radhanpur seat in early 1997. But he had to resign as Chief Minister during ongoing political turmoil in Gujarat in October 1997, and his fellow-rebel ex-BJP MLA [[Dilip Parikh]] became CM with Vaghela's reluctant blessings.

Even Parikh's government did not last long and fresh elections for [[Gujarat Vidhan Sabha]] had to be called in 1998. Vaghela did not contest these elections. He merged his new party with Congress. BJP came back to power with thumping majority in Gujarat in 1998 and [[Keshubhai Patel]] became CM again.

===Indian National Congress===

[[File:Shri S. Vaghela takes over the charge as the Union Minister for Textiles in New Delhi on May 24, 2004.jpg|thumb|Vaghela takes over the charge as the Union Minister for Textiles in New Delhi on 24 May 2004|left]]

Vaghela was now established as a major politician in [[Indian National Congress]] Party. He was elected to [[Lok Sabha]] in 1999 and 2004 from Kapadvanj as Congress candidate. He was made Union Cabinet [[Minister of Textiles]] in May 2004. Kapadvanj seat was reconstituted as Panchmahal seat in 2008. Vaghela lost Panchmahal seat to [[BJP]] in 2009 [[Lok Sabha]] polls. Ahead of the [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]] election, 2012, he was appointed the Chairman of Campaign Committee. He contested from the Kapadvanj constituency and won.

He was named the leader of Opposition in the [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]]. He has also served as the president of [[Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee]].

He contested 2014 Lok Sabha election from [[Sabarkantha (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sabarkantha]] constituency in Gujarat and lost to BJP candidate [[Dipsinh Shankarsinh Rathod]].

Vaghela had been appointed chairman of the [[India Tourism Development Corporation]] (ITDC), which runs the [[Ashok Group|Ashoka group of hotels]] across the country.

Vaghela was one of 57 Congress MLAs suspended for wearing slogans against BJP president [[Amit Shah]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/congress-mlas-suspended-again/articleshow/57950345.cms|title=Congress MLAs suspended, again|work=indiatimes.com}}</ref>

In July 2017, he left Indian National Congress and stepped down from the post of Leader of Opposition in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly, after he and a few other INC MLAs voted against [[Ahmed Patel]], the INC candidate for the [[Rajya Sabha]], and supported BJP nominee [[Balvantsinh Rajput]].<ref name=":3" />

===Jan Vikalp Morcha / AIHCP===
Soon after he left the Indian National Congress, he launched a new outfit called Jan Vikalp Morcha with Parthesh Patel ahead of [[2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election]]. As the application for registration of Jan Vikalp Morcha was not approved by the elections were announced by the Election Commission, his outfit fielded 95 candidates under the symbol and banner of [[Jaipur]]-based [[All India Hindustan Congress Party]] to contest election.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/gujarat-assembly-elections-2017-shankarsinh-vaghela-forms-a-third-front-jan-vikalp-to-contest-in-nor-1752318|title=Vaghela Floats Third Front In Gujarat, Could Hurt Congress|work=NDTV.com}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/elections/gujarat-assembly-elections-2017/shankersinh-vaghelas-outfit-to-contest-on-symbol-of-jaipur-based-party-4906889/|title=Shankersinh Vaghela's outfit to contest on symbol of Jaipur-based party|date=26 October 2017|work=The Indian Express|access-date=30 November 2017|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.dayafterindia.com/2017/10/25/vaghelas-janvikalp-contest-borrowed-symbol-tractor-india-hindustan-congress-party/|title=Vaghela's Janvikalp to Contest on Borrowed Symbol Tractor Under All India Hindustan Congress Party - THE DAYAFTER|date=25 October 2017|work=THE DAYAFTER|access-date=30 November 2017|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://scroll.in/latest/855354/gujarat-shankersinh-vaghelas-jan-vikalp-morcha-allies-with-all-india-hindustan-congress-party|title=Gujarat: Shankersinh Vaghela's Jan Vikalp Morcha allies with All India Hindustan Congress Party|work=Scroll.in|access-date=30 November 2017|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2017/oct/25/gujarat-polls-former-congress-leader-shankersinh-vaghelas-front-to-contest-on-another-partys-symb-1682657.html|title=Gujarat polls: Former Congress leader Shankersinh Vaghela's front to contest on another party's symbol|date=25 October 2017|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=30 November 2017}}</ref> AIHCP garnered only 0.3% (83,922) of total votes and did not win any seat.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/shankersin-vaghelas-ambition-leads-to-poll-disaster/articleshow/62129389.cms|title=Shankersinh Vaghela's ambition leads to poll disaster|date=19 December 2017|work=The Times of India|access-date=19 December 2017}}</ref><ref name=":3" />

=== Nationalist Congress Party ===
Vaghela joined the [[Nationalist Congress Party]] (NCP) in January 2019. He was appointed the National General Secretary as well as the State President of the party.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/former-gujarat-cm-shankarsinh-vaghela-joins-ncp-in-presence-of-sharad-pawar/articleshow/67741621.cms?from=mdr|title=Former Gujarat CM Shankarsinh Vaghela joins NCP in presence of Sharad Pawar|date=29 January 2019|work=The Economic Times|access-date=12 March 2020}}</ref> He was removed from the post of State President in early June 2020, a week before [[2020 Indian Rajya Sabha elections]]. He resigned from the NCP on 22 June 2020 citing his displease at his removal from the post and cross voting by NCP's only MLA [[Kandhal Jadeja]] in Rajya Sabha election.<ref>{{Cite news|last=PTI|date=22 June 2020|title=Shankersinh Vaghela Resigns From NCP|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/shankersinh-vaghela-resigns-from-nationalist-congress-party-2250441|access-date=28 September 2020|work=NDTV.com}}</ref>

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