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Jignesh Mevani (alternatively Mewani; born 11 December 1980) is an Indian politician, lawyer, activist and former journalist serving as the representative of the Vadgam constituency in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly since 2017. He is a member of the Indian National Congress party.
Jignesh Mevani is a lawyer, a social activist and one of the rising faces in recent politics of Gujarat. He came to light after he led a campaign by Dalits, considered 'lower castes' in the Indian caste hierarchy, in the western Indian state of Gujarat.
May 6, 2022 · A magisterial court in Mehsana has sentenced Vadgam MLA Jignesh Mevani and nine others to three months imprisonment and a fine of Rs 1,000 each. What is the case against them? Will Mevani be disqualified as an MLA? Is this kind of conviction commonplace?
Congress's Jignesh Mevani who contested 2022 Gujarat assembly election from Vadgam has defeated Bharatiya Janata Party's Manibhai Vaghela in a close battle, as per the Election...
Jignesh Mevani, the firebrand lawyer-activist, has been a relentless champion of Dalit rights. He plunged into electoral politics and emerged victorious. Will he be able to make a...
May 1, 2022 · A vocal critic of the BJP, Jignesh Mevani, Gujarat’s only Independent MLA, is out on bail after 10 days in custody over a tweet on the PM. Leena Misra & Parimal Dabhi on the man and his journey so far — from his lawyer-activist days to being the face of the state’s Dalit politics
Apr 26, 2024 · Two-term MLA from Gujarat’s Vadgam Assembly constituency and emerging Dalit youth leader Jignesh Mevani is campaigning across India for the Congress party and the INDIA bloc. In this exclusive...
Empathetic, persistent and dependable - Jignesh Mevani is a politician from Gujarat, India. He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly representing the Vadgam assembly constituency in Gujarat Legislative Assembly.
May 5, 2022 · Picked up at midnight from a Circuit House in Palanpur and flown to Guwahati over a complaint filed by a BJP leader regarding a tweet, Independent MLA Jignesh Mevani is out on bail after spending nine days in a Kokrajhar jail. In its order giving him bail, the Kokrajhar court pulled up the state police.
Apr 25, 2022 · On 20 April, Assam police arrested opposition politician Jignesh Mevani in Gujarat State over a tweet he posted on 18 April, in which he called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to maintain peace in Khambat, Himmatnagar and Verawal.
Dec 8, 2022 · Jignesh Mevani, a popular face and working president of Gujarat Congress, has won his Vadgam seat again, his party though sank to its worst-ever performance in the state.
May 16, 2022 · Jignesh Mevani, 42, an independent MLA in Gujarat, stands out for fearlessly taking on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) regime in the State. He will officially join the Congress for...
217K Followers, 217 Following, 1,028 Posts - Jignesh Mevani (@jigneshmevani) on Instagram: "MLA for Vadgam LAC, Gujarat. Convener at @rdamindia".
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Jan 4, 2018 · A case has been filed in Pune against Gujarat Dalit leader and legislator Jignesh Mevani and Umar Khalid of Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University, who have been accused of making provocative ...
Apr 30, 2022 · The 41-year-old Jignesh Mevani dons many hats: prominent Dalit activist, outspoken lawmaker, former journalist and lawyer, to just name a few.
Sep 16, 2022 · NEW DELHI: A court in Ahmedabad on Friday sentenced Gujarat Congress working president and MLA Jignesh Mevani and 18 others to 6-month simple imprisonment in a 2016 case of rioting and unlawful assembly.
Dec 8, 2022 · Firebrand Dalit leader and sitting Congress MLA Jignesh Mevani on Thursday retained his Vadgam Assembly seat after trailing in the initial rounds of vote counting. Mevani got 93,848 votes and defeated his nearest rival, the BJP’s Manibhai Vaghela who polled 89,052 votes.
Jignesh Mevani, a legislator from Vadgam, was arrested on Monday soon after he got bail from a Kokrajhar court in a case of alleged offensive tweets against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Dec 19, 2017 · AHMEDABAD: Supported by Congress, Jignesh Mevani won from Vadgam in Banaskantha by a margin of more than 19,000 votes. Mevani took out a victory procession in an open jeep with his supporters ...
Dec 18, 2017 · AHMEDABAD: Congress and Aadmi Party (AAP)-supported Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani defeated BJP's Vijay Chakravarti in Vadgam constituency. Vijay Chakravarti is a former Congress leader, who joined the BJP only recently. Vadgam is a reserved Assembly seat for Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates.
Nov 27, 2017 · Jignesh Mevani, a 36-year-old Dalit activist and lawyer from Gujarat, made headlines after he spearheaded a campaign in support of the rights of Dalits after the Una Dalit flogging incident in 2016, where cow vigilantes had tortured four people for allegedly skinning a dead cow.
Congress Political Affairs Committee Meeting; Prithviraj Chavhan; JIgnesh Mevani; Saptagiri Ulka कांग्रेस की पॉलिटिकल अफेयर्स कमेटी की मीटिंग: चव्हाण,उलका और मेवाणी ने MP कांग्रेस के नेताओं से की चर्चा
Accusing the BJP-led NDA government of targeting Dalits and other minorities, Gujarat MLA and Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi must articulate his stand on...
1 day ago · The committee, which comprises leaders Saptagiri Ulaka and Jignesh Mevani, besides Chavan, is holding the first round of meeting on Saturday and Sunday. During the review meeting, the team members will hold interactions with the Lok Sabha election candidates of the Congress, which failed to win even a single seat out of the 29 parliamentary seats in Madhya Pradesh.
1 day ago · The committee, which comprises leaders Saptagiri Ulaka and Jignesh Mevani, besides Chavan, is holding the first round of meeting on Saturday and Sunday. During the review meeting, the team members will hold interactions with the Lok Sabha election candidates of the Congress, which failed to win even a single seat out of the 29 parliamentary seats in Madhya Pradesh.
5 days ago · Gujarat Congress working president Jignesh Mevani and local leaders submitted a memorandum to the office of the Rajkot collector, saying tipper van drivers and persons riding such vans are not being paid minimum wages as per law. “They are not given salary slips and are also exploited in violation of labour laws,” Mevani, the MLA from Vadgam, stated in the memorandum. “These workers keep Rajkot clean and shining…
