27 Facts About Shaktisinh Gohil

Shaktisinh Gohil is a Member of Parliament and a member of the Indian National Congress.

Shaktisinh Gohil is party in-charge for state affairs of Delhi and Haryana and national spokesperson of All India Congress Committee.

Shaktisinh Gohil led the opposition parties in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly as the Leader of Opposition from 2007 to 2012.

Shaktisinh Gohil was born on 4 April 1960 at Limda in Bhavnagar district, then in Bombay State.

Shaktisinh Gohil is the eldest son of royal family of the erstwhile princely state of Limda of Saurashtra region in Gujarat.

Shaktisinh Gohil is related to the royal families of Dared, Lodhika and Rajpur.

Shaktisinh Gohil holds degree of Bachelor in science with specialization in chemistry from Bhavnagar University and Masters in law from Saurashtra University.

Shaktisinh Gohil was elected as the president of the Bhavnagar district Youth Congress Party in 1986 and General Secretary of Gujarat State Youth Congress in 1989.

Shaktisinh Gohil was elected as President of Land Development Bank in Umrala during the same time and served in that capacity from 1986 to 1993.

Shaktisinh Gohil successfully contested Local bodies election from Umrala constituency and became vice president of Bhavnagar district Zilla panchayat.

Shaktisinh Gohil became member of AICC in 1990 and thus entered mainstream politics.

Shaktisinh Gohil successfully contested Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Bhavnagar South Constituency in 1990.

Shaktisinh Gohil was a Minister of State in two consecutive governments from 1991-March 1995 and held various portfolios like Finance, Education, Health, Environment, Narmada, General Administration Department, Technical Education and Education Policy becoming the youngest minister in Gujarat as he held the highest number of portfolios.

Shaktisinh Gohil resigned as the Minister of State for Health in 1994, demanding a medical college for Bhavnagar.

Shaktisinh Gohil's resignation galvanized the government to allocate a medical college to Bhavnagar.

Shaktisinh Gohil was re-elected in 1995 and was able to secure the highest number of votes among Congress candidates in Saurashtra region in 1995 elections.

Shaktisinh Gohil was elected to 12th legislative assembly of Gujarat, defeating Jitu Vaghani of Bhartiya Janta Party by margin of over seven thousand votes.

Shaktisinh Gohil is only person to be elected for 3 terms as a member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly From Bhavnagar South Constituency.

Shaktisinh Gohil was Leader of Opposition in Gujarat Vidhansabha during 12th Gujarat Legislative Assembly from 2007 to 2012.

Shaktisinh Gohil unsuccessfully contested from Bhavnagar Rural against Parshotam Solanki of Bharatiya Janata Party.

Shaktisinh Gohil was re-elected to 13th Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Abdasa assembly constituency defeating sitting MLA Chhabilbhai Patel, who had defected to Bharatiya Janata Party, in a by-election on 16 May 2014.

Shaktisinh Gohil served as chairperson of Public Accounts Committee of Gujarat Legislative Assembly from 2014 to 2017.

Shaktisinh Gohil was appointed National Spokesperson of AICC by Congress president in Jan 2014.

Shaktisinh Gohil was appointed All India Congress Committee State Incharge for Bihar on 2 April 2018.

Shaktisinh Gohil was made interim incharge for party affairs for Delhi on 12 February 2020 by Congress president Sonia Gandhi.

Shaktisinh Gohil was elected to Upper house of Indian Parliament on 19 June 2020.

Shaktisinh Gohil is member of parliamentary standing Committee on Information Technology and Public Accounts Committee.