Vajubhai Vala: Difference between revisions

Vala started his political career at the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] and subsequently joined [[Jan Sangh]] in 1971. He was jailed for eleven months during [[The Emergency (India)|the emergency]] in 1975.<ref>{{cite news|title='Paniwala Mayor' reinducted into Narendra Modi cabinet  |url=http://www.oneindia.com/2006/12/13/paniwala-mayor-reinducted-into-narendra-modi-cabinet-1166009973.html|access-date=11 January 2015|publisher=One India|date=13 December 2006  }}</ref> He was the Mayor of [[Rajkot]] in the 1980s. Later he contested state assembly elections from Rajkot and served as the Cabinet Minister holding finance, revenue portfolios from 1998 to 2012. He was the finance minister for two terms. He holds the record of presenting budget in [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]]; 18 times as the finance minister. He was elected as the Speaker of assembly in December 2012 and served till August 2014. He was appointed as the [[Governor of Karnataka]] in September 2014.<ref name=oni/><ref name=vv>{{cite news | url=http://business-standard.com/india/news/vaju-vala-unanimously-elected-new-speakergujarat-assembly/203738/on | title=Vaju Vala unanimously elected new speaker of Gujarat Assembly | work=[[Business Standard]] | date=23 January 2013 | access-date=24 January 2013 | author=Balan, Premal| location=Gandhinagar}}</ref><ref name="zno">{{cite news | url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/gujarat/vaju-vala-named-pro-tem-speaker-of-gujarat-assembly_819086.html | title=Vaju Vala named 'pro tem' Speaker of Gujarat Assembly | work=Zee News | date=26 December 2012 | agency=PTI | access-date=2 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="ixa">{{cite news | url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/vaju-vala-named-pro-tem-speaker/1050874/ | title=Vaju Vala named ‘pro tem’ Speaker | work=Indian Express | date=27 December 2012 | agency=Press Trust of India | access-date=2 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="mlas">{{cite news | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-23/ahmedabad/36505140_1_jetha-bharwad-congress-mla-oath | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216065619/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-23/ahmedabad/36505140_1_jetha-bharwad-congress-mla-oath | url-status=dead | archive-date=16 February 2013 | title=177 sworn in as MLAs | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=23 January 2012 | agency=TNN | access-date=24 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://m.timesofindia.com/india/Narendra-Modi-aide-Vajubhai-Vala-is-Karnataka-governor/articleshow/40958900.cms | title=Narendra Modi aide Vajubhai Vala is Karnataka governor|work=[[The Times of India]] | date=27 August 2014 | agency=TNN | access-date=31 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/karnatakas-governor-vajubhai-vala-hails-rsssays-posts-dont-matter/articleshow/40930589.cms| title=Karnataka's Governor Vajubhai Vala hails RSS,says posts don't matter|date=26 August 2014 | agency=TNN | access-date=31 August 2014}}</ref>

Vala was involved in a controversy during the [[2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]]s. He invited the largest party, [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] to form the government and not the largest post poll alliance consisting of the [[Indian National Congress]] and the [[Janata Dal (Secular)]]. He also gave the new Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa 18 days time to prove his majority in the house. His decision was vehemently opposed by all non-BJP alliance parties in the nation, and the INC approached the Supreme Court in this matter. Supreme court decreed that in case when no coalition/party has clear majority, the governor of the state has the legal power to decide who forms the government in that state. But, the same court shortened the 18 day time limit given by Vala to Yeddyurappa to prove majority, into just 3 days, and also mandated that the house proceeding including vote should be telecast live. Yeddyurappa resigned after the house convened, citing that he could not muster the majority. Kumarasamy of Janata Dal was invited to become the new Chief Minister. However,14 months later, Kumarsawamy's government collapsed. Later Yeddyurappa easily managed to sail through with 106 BJP MLAs.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/17/asia/india-karnataka-elections-drama-intl/index.html|title=India's BJP forms new government in Karnataka -- for now|first=Huizhong |last=Wu|work=CNN|access-date=2018-05-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/karnataka-governor-vajubhai-vala-not-alone-in-giving-15-days-to-prove-majority/articleshow/64214710.cms|title=Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala not alone in giving 15 days to prove majority|last=Chaturvedi|first=Rakesh Mohan|date=2018-05-18|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2018-05-18}}</ref>