Dinsha Patel

Dinsha Patel
MP
Constituency	Kheda
Personal details
Born	May 25, 1937 (1937-05-25) (age 74) Baroda, Gujarat
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Smt. Kundanben Dinsha Patel
Residence	Nadiad
As of February 25, 2006 Source: [1]

Dinsha Jhaverbhai Patel (born May 25, 1937) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Kaira constituency of Gujarat and is a member of the Indian National Congress. He is currently the Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

Contesting against Modi

Dinsha patel was chosen by the Indian National Congress to contest against Narendra Modi on the Maninagar constituency in the 2007 Gujarat Elections^[1][2] .^[3] His selection was based on his clean image and his Patel community background. He was selected after congress could not find any suitable candidate to oppose Narendra Modi. He was also being projected as the future chief minister of Gujarat. He lost the elections by more than 86000 votes.^{[4] [5]} In the previous elections he lost the assembly elections in the Kaira constituency against Pankaj Desai who much deserved this win and will continue to win for the same or for higher elections (BJP on top).,^[6] however he has won the Parliament elections since 1975 from Nadiad.

References

1. ^ The Hindu News Update Service
2. ^ Zee News - Dinsha Patel to contest against Modi
3. ^ Minister Dinsha Patel to take on Modi in Maninagar
4. ^ http://in.news.yahoo.com/071223/20/6oruv.html
5. ^ NDTV.com: BJP MLAs to elect Modi their leader on Monday
6. ^ Even tussle between Cong, BJP in Nadiad

External links

• Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
• Official website of Dinsha patel
• Official Bio-data
• Images of Dinsha Patel from The Hindu

Persondata
Name	Patel, Dinsha J.
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	May 25, 1937
Place of birth	Baroda, Gujarat
Date of death
Place of death

03-11-1990 first time state cabinet minister for public works dept (bhavesh desai)