Alpesh Thakor is a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Gandhinagar South.
13 Facts About Alpesh Thakor
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Alpesh Thakor started his career as a social worker and political activist.
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Alpesh Thakor is a leader of the Koli community in Gujarat.
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Alpesh Thakor founded the Gujarat Kshatriya Thakor Sena as well as OBC, SC, ST Ekta Manch, a social platform to demand reservations for people of the respective communities, around which a movement took place in Gujarat shortly after the Patidar reservation agitation.
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Alpesh Thakor has demanded stricter laws against illegal trading of alcoholic drinks in Gujarat.
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The Kshatriya Thakor Sena has around 700,000 members as of October 2017.
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Alpesh Thakor formed the Royal Kshatriya Thakor Sena in 2013 and was elected as the president of his society.
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Alpesh Thakor rose to prominence and media attention after he launched a movement to counter the Patidar reservation agitation by Hardik Patel.
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Alpesh Thakor founded the OSS Ekta Manch to unite all people of these communities for demanding reservation according to population of the particular community.
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Alpesh Thakor was arrested in September 2015 along with many others for organizing a meeting of all OBC communities in Mehsana district.
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On 23 October 2017, Alpesh Thakor joined the Indian National Congress party.
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Alpesh Thakor contested and won from Radhanpur constituency in the 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election.
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Alpesh Thakor contested legislative assembly bypoll from Radhanpur in October 2019 and lost by margin of 3500 votes.