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{{short description| | {{short description|10th Chief Minister of Gujarat}} | ||
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| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2020|10|29|1928|07|24}} | | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2020|10|29|1928|07|24}} | ||
| residence = | | residence = | ||
| death_place = [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], India | | death_place = [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]] | ||
| death_cause = | | death_cause = | ||
| term_start = 14 March 1995 | | term_start = 14 March 1995 | ||
| term_end = 21 October 1995 | | term_end = 21 October 1995 | ||
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| term_end5 = 9 April 2008 | | term_end5 = 9 April 2008 | ||
| constituency5 = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Gujarat|Gujarat]] | | constituency5 = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Gujarat|Gujarat]] | ||
| party | | office6 = Irrigation Minister in [[Government of Gujarat]] | ||
| term_start6 = 1978 | |||
| term_end6 = 1980 | |||
| constituency6 = [[Rajkot]] | |||
| chiefminister6 = [[Babubhai Patel]] | |||
| party = | |||
[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]] {{small|(1951-1980)}}<br />[[BJP|Bharatiya Janata Party]] {{small|(1980–2012, 2014-2020)}}<br />[[Gujarat Parivartan Party]] {{small|(2012 – 2014)}} | |||
| spouse = Leela Patel | | spouse = Leela Patel | ||
| children = Five sons, one daughter | | children = Five sons, one daughter | ||
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Patel resigned as the chief minister on 2 [[October]] 2001 due to poor health. Allegations of abuse of power, corruption and poor administration, as well as a loss of BJP seats in [[by-elections]] and mismanagement of relief works in the aftermath of the [[2001 Gujarat earthquake|2001 Bhuj earthquake]], prompted the BJP's national leadership to seek a new candidate for the office of chief minister. He was succeeded by [[Narendra Modi]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Aditi Phadnis |title=Business Standard Political Profiles of Cabals and Kings |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qT7QvviGoJsC&pg=PA116 |year=2009 |publisher=Business Standard Books |isbn=978-81-905735-4-2 |pages=116–21 |access-date=9 May 2013 |author-link=Aditi Phadnis |archive-date=3 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103043003/http://books.google.com/books?id=qT7QvviGoJsC&pg=PA116 |url-status=live }}<br />- {{cite news |url=http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1821/18210300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020123081944/http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1821/18210300.htm |archive-date=23 January 2002 |title=A new oarsman |work=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]] |date=13 October 2001 |access-date=9 May 2013 |last=Bunsha |first=Dionne |location=India }}<br />- {{cite news |url=http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1821/18210310.htm |title=A pracharak as Chief Minister |work=Frontline |date=13 October 2001 |access-date=9 May 2013 |last=Venkatesan |first=V. |location=New Delhi |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405081524/http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1821/18210310.htm |archive-date=5 April 2013 }}</ref> Patel did not contest the [[2002 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|2002 Gujarat assembly election]] but was elected to the [[Rajya Sabha]] unopposed in 2002.<ref name="Rediff">{{cite news |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/mar/18rs.htm |title=Jana Krishamurthy, Keshubhai Patel, Deora elected to RS |work=[[Rediff.com|Rediff]] |date=18 March 2002 |access-date=28 December 2013 |location=New Delhi |archive-date=30 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230232346/http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/mar/18rs.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> | Patel resigned as the chief minister on 2 [[October]] 2001 due to poor health. Allegations of abuse of power, corruption and poor administration, as well as a loss of BJP seats in [[by-elections]] and mismanagement of relief works in the aftermath of the [[2001 Gujarat earthquake|2001 Bhuj earthquake]], prompted the BJP's national leadership to seek a new candidate for the office of chief minister. He was succeeded by [[Narendra Modi]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Aditi Phadnis |title=Business Standard Political Profiles of Cabals and Kings |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qT7QvviGoJsC&pg=PA116 |year=2009 |publisher=Business Standard Books |isbn=978-81-905735-4-2 |pages=116–21 |access-date=9 May 2013 |author-link=Aditi Phadnis |archive-date=3 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103043003/http://books.google.com/books?id=qT7QvviGoJsC&pg=PA116 |url-status=live }}<br />- {{cite news |url=http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1821/18210300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020123081944/http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1821/18210300.htm |archive-date=23 January 2002 |title=A new oarsman |work=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]] |date=13 October 2001 |access-date=9 May 2013 |last=Bunsha |first=Dionne |location=India }}<br />- {{cite news |url=http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1821/18210310.htm |title=A pracharak as Chief Minister |work=Frontline |date=13 October 2001 |access-date=9 May 2013 |last=Venkatesan |first=V. |location=New Delhi |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405081524/http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1821/18210310.htm |archive-date=5 April 2013 }}</ref> Patel did not contest the [[2002 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|2002 Gujarat assembly election]] but was elected to the [[Rajya Sabha]] unopposed in 2002.<ref name="Rediff">{{cite news |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/mar/18rs.htm |title=Jana Krishamurthy, Keshubhai Patel, Deora elected to RS |work=[[Rediff.com|Rediff]] |date=18 March 2002 |access-date=28 December 2013 |location=New Delhi |archive-date=30 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230232346/http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/mar/18rs.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
In the [[2007 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|2007 Gujarat assembly elections]], he urged his community to vote for change. He "blessed" the [[Indian National Congress]] (formerly Congress (I)) and did not even cast his vote. The BJP again won the election with a clear majority and formed a government led by Modi.<ref name="Rediff"/> Patel did not renew his BJP membership,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Gujarat/Keshubhai-splits-BJP-to-launch-anti-Modi-front/Article1-880953.aspx |title=Keshubhai splits BJP, to launch anti-Modi front|work= | In the [[2007 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|2007 Gujarat assembly elections]], he urged his community to vote for change. He "blessed" the [[Indian National Congress]] (formerly Congress (I)) and did not even cast his vote. The BJP again won the election with a clear majority and formed a government led by Modi.<ref name="Rediff"/> Patel did not renew his BJP membership,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Gujarat/Keshubhai-splits-BJP-to-launch-anti-Modi-front/Article1-880953.aspx |title=Keshubhai splits BJP, to launch anti-Modi front|work=Hindustan Times |date=29 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630140157/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Gujarat/Keshubhai-splits-BJP-to-launch-anti-Modi-front/Article1-880953.aspx |archive-date=30 June 2012 }}</ref> resigned from the BJP on 4 August 2012 and launched the [[Gujarat Parivartan Party]] (GPP) to contest the [[2012 Gujarat legislative assembly election]].<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.indianexpress.com/news/modibaiter-keshubhai-patel-quits-bjp/983866/|title= Modi-baiter Keshubhai Patel quits BJP|work= The Indian Express|date= 4 August 2012|access-date= 4 August 2012|archive-date= 16 January 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130116094039/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/modibaiter-keshubhai-patel-quits-bjp/983866|url-status= live}}</ref> He won a seat in the Visavadar constituency against the BJP candidate Kanubhai Bhalala, although his party GPP won just one other seat.<ref name=bharat>{{cite news|url=http://m.indianexpress.com/news/keshubhais-son-bharat-joins-bjp/1210965/|title=Keshubhai's son Bharat joins BJP|date=23 December 2013|access-date=1 January 2014|work=The Indian Express|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102193102/http://m.indianexpress.com/news/keshubhais-son-bharat-joins-bjp/1210965/|archive-date=2 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Patel resigned from the post of president of GPP in January 2014 and later resigned as a member of the [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]] due to ill health on 13 February 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://m.timesofindia.com/india/Keshubhai-resigns-as-MLA/articleshow/30369234.cms|title=Keshubhai resigns as MLA|date=14 February 2014|access-date=17 February 2014|work=The Times of India|archive-date=2 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171102083321/https://m.timesofindia.com/india/Keshubhai-resigns-as-MLA/articleshow/30369234.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> Later, GPP merged with BJP on 24 February 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.niticentral.com/2014/02/25/gujarat-parivartan-party-merges-with-bjp-193319.html |title=Gujarat Parivartan Party merges with BJP |website=Niticentral |date=25 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306013347/http://www.niticentral.com/2014/02/25/gujarat-parivartan-party-merges-with-bjp-193319.html |archive-date=6 March 2014 }}<br />- {{cite web |url=http://post.jagran.com/keshubhai-patels-gujarat-parivartan-party-merges-with-bjp-1393300118 |title=Keshubhai Patel's Gujarat Parivartan Party merges with BJP |website=Jagran |date=25 February 2014 |access-date=8 March 2014 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612210857/http://post.jagran.com/keshubhai-patels-gujarat-parivartan-party-merges-with-bjp-1393300118 |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
==Personal life and death== | ==Personal life and death== | ||