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| name = Alpesh Thakor (Koli)
| name = Alpesh Thakor <ref>{{Cite book|last=Lobo|first=Lancy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1DBuAAAAMAAJ|title=The Thakors of North Gujarat: A Caste in the Village and the Region|date=1995|publisher=Hindustan Publishing Corporation|isbn=978-81-7075-035-2|language=en}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1975|11|7}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1975|11|7}}
| birth_place = Endala, Gujarat, India
| birth_place = Endala, Gujarat, India
| spouse = Kiran Thakor
| spouse = Kiran Thakor (koli)
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| Sons = Utsav Anish
| office = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]]
| office = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = December 2017
| term_start = December 2017
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| constituency = [[Radhanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Radhanpur]]<ref name="alpeshwin">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/gujarat-verdict-alpesh-thakor-wins-in-radhanpur/articleshow/62115335.cms|title=Alpesh Thakor wins in Radhanpur|date=18 December 2017|work=The Times of India}}</ref>
| constituency = [[Radhanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Radhanpur]]<ref name="alpeshwin">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/gujarat-verdict-alpesh-thakor-wins-in-radhanpur/articleshow/62115335.cms|title=Alpesh Thakor wins in Radhanpur|date=18 December 2017|work=The Times of India}}</ref>
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| caption = Gujarat kshatriya Thakor Sena
| caption = Gujarat Koli Thakor Sena
| image = [[Thakor people]]
| image = [[Koli people]]
}}
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'''Alpesh Thakor ''' is a politician from [[Gujarat]], [[India]]. He was a member of [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]] representing [[Radhanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Radhanpur]] (2017–2019). Formerly associated with the [[Indian National Congress]] party, he joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in 2019. He started his career as a social worker and political activist. He is a leader of the [[Thakor]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/congress-rebel-a-challenge-for-alpesh-thakor-in-radhanpur/articleshow/62063322.cms|title=Congress rebel a challenge for Alpesh Thakor in Radhanpur|author=Economic Times|date=13 December 2017}}</ref> community in Gujarat. He founded the ''Gujarat kshatriya Thakor Sena'' as well as ''OBC, SC, ST Ekta Manch'' (OBC, SC, ST unity forum), 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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deshgujarat.com/2017/10/21/alpesh-thakor-meets-rahul-announces-to-join-congress-on-october-23-likely-to-contest-election-from-vav-against-shankar-chaudhary/|title=Alpesh Thakor announces to join Congress on October 23|author=Desh Gujarat}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indianexpress.com/elections/gujarat-assembly-elections-2017/gujarat-elections-will-join-congress-in-presence-of-rahul-gandhi-says-obc-leader-alpesh-thakor-4900352/lite/|title="Will join Congress in presence of Rahul Gandhi" says OBC leader Alpesh Thakor|work=The Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thewire.in/200121/alpesh-thakor-interview-congress-gujarat-elections/|title=Gujarat Polls Not About Caste Dynamics, But People's Struggle Against the BJP: Alpesh Thakor|access-date=28 November 2017|work=The Wire}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/gujarat/ahmedabad/alpesh-thakor-supported-hardik-on-reservation/articleshow/61753282.cms|title=आरक्षण पर अल्पेश ठाकोर ने किया हार्दिक पटेल का समर्थन|access-date=28 November 2017|author=Navbharat Times(in Hindi)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/858080/uniting-against-common-enemy-bjp-hardik-patel-and-jignesh-mevani-to-address-joint-rally-on-dec-6|title=Uniting against 'common enemy' BJP, Hardik Patel and Jignesh Mevani to address joint rally on Dec 6|access-date=28 November 2017|author=Scroll.in}}</ref>
'''Alpesh Thakor (koli)''' is a politician from [[Gujarat]], [[India]]. He was a member of [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]] representing [[Radhanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Radhanpur]] (2017–2019). Formerly associated with the [[Indian National Congress]] party, he joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in 2019. He started his career as a social worker and political activist. He is a leader of the [[Koli people|Koli]] [[Thakor]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/congress-rebel-a-challenge-for-alpesh-thakor-in-radhanpur/articleshow/62063322.cms|title=Congress rebel a challenge for Alpesh Thakor in Radhanpur|author=evonomic times|date=13 December 2017}}</ref> community in Gujarat. He founded the ''Gujarat koli Thakor Sena'' as well as ''OBC, SC, ST Ekta Manch'' (OBC, SC, ST unity forum), 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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deshgujarat.com/2017/10/21/alpesh-thakor-meets-rahul-announces-to-join-congress-on-october-23-likely-to-contest-election-from-vav-against-shankar-chaudhary/|title=Alpesh Thakor announces to join Congress on October 23|author=Desh Gujarat}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indianexpress.com/elections/gujarat-assembly-elections-2017/gujarat-elections-will-join-congress-in-presence-of-rahul-gandhi-says-obc-leader-alpesh-thakor-4900352/lite/|title="Will join Congress in presence of Rahul Gandhi" says OBC leader Alpesh Thakor|work=The Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thewire.in/200121/alpesh-thakor-interview-congress-gujarat-elections/|title=Gujarat Polls Not About Caste Dynamics, But People's Struggle Against the BJP: Alpesh Thakor|access-date=28 November 2017|work=The Wire}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/gujarat/ahmedabad/alpesh-thakor-supported-hardik-on-reservation/articleshow/61753282.cms|title=आरक्षण पर अल्पेश ठाकोर ने किया हार्दिक पटेल का समर्थन|access-date=28 November 2017|author=Navbharat Times(in Hindi)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/858080/uniting-against-common-enemy-bjp-hardik-patel-and-jignesh-mevani-to-address-joint-rally-on-dec-6|title=Uniting against 'common enemy' BJP, Hardik Patel and Jignesh Mevani to address joint rally on Dec 6|access-date=28 November 2017|author=Scroll.in}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
===Social activism===
===Social activism===
====Gujarat Kshatriya Thakor Sena ====
====Gujarat Koli Thakor Sena ====
Thakor founded the kshatriya Thakor Sena in 2011. He has led many movements for the rights of the koli Thakor community in Gujarat. In 2016, he floated a movement to rid the members of his community from [[liquor]] addiction. He has also demanded stricter laws against illegal trading of alcoholic drinks in Gujarat. The Thakor Sena has around 700,000 members as of October 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/business-standard/20171030/281943133139695|title=Caste movement joins mainstream politics in Gujarat|work=Business Standard|date=17 October 2017}}</ref> Rameshji Thakor, the former state vice-president of the Gujarat Thakor Sena, split from Alpesh Thakor after he betrayed the society. He formed the Royal Thakor Sena in 2013 and was elected as the president of his society.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sandesh.com/opportunist-alpesh-thakor-who-betrayed-the-society-saw-his-status-in-limbdi/</ref> Alpesh Thakor, the sitting leader of theThakor community, has been shown his worth in Limbdi by his own community. Not only was his meeting a fiasco but people also called him a hurricane. He also left the Congress and joined the BJP. But the Thakor community defeated him in the by-elections.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sandesh.com/opportunist-alpesh-thakor-who-betrayed-the-society-saw-his-status-in-limbdi/</ref>
Thakor founded the Koli Thakor Sena in 2011. He has led many movements for the rights of the Thakor community in Gujarat. In 2016, he floated a movement to rid the members of his community from [[liquor]] addiction. He has also demanded stricter laws against illegal trading of alcoholic drinks in Gujarat. The Koli Thakor Sena has around 700,000 members as of October 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/business-standard/20171030/281943133139695|title=Caste movement joins mainstream politics in Gujarat|work=Business Standard|date=17 October 2017}}</ref> Rameshji Thakor, the former state vice-president of the Gujarat Koli Thakor Sena, split from Alpesh Thakor after he betrayed the society. He formed the Royal Koli Thakor Sena in 2013 and was elected as the president of his society.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sandesh.com/opportunist-alpesh-thakor-who-betrayed-the-society-saw-his-status-in-limbdi/</ref> Alpesh Thakor, the sitting leader of the Thakor community, has been shown his worth in Limbdi by his own community. Not only was his meeting a fiasco but people also called him a hurricane. He also left the Congress and joined the BJP. But the koli Thakor community defeated him in the by-elections.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sandesh.com/opportunist-alpesh-thakor-who-betrayed-the-society-saw-his-status-in-limbdi/</ref>


==== Thakor Community ====
Thakor caste is a in Gujarat. Which are included in the kshatriya (obc). but in truth they are thakor kshatriya. Even their leader Alpesh Thakor is basically a kshatriya, yet he has tried to portray his organization as a Kshatriya organization. Their organization does not include Kshatriya Rajputs. In Gujarat, Rajput or Darbar is a Kshatriya caste.
<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lobo|first=Lancy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1DBuAAAAMAAJ|title=The Thakors of North Gujarat: A Caste in the Village and the Region|date=1995|publisher=Hindustan Publishing Corporation|isbn=978-81-7075-035-2|language=en}}</ref>
==== OSS Ekta Manch ====
==== OSS Ekta Manch ====
Thakor comes from the koli Thakor community in Gujarat. He rose to prominence and media attention after he launched a movement to counter the Patidar reservation agitation by Hardik Patel. He founded the OSS (OBC, SC, ST) Ekta Manch to unite all people of these communities for demanding reservation according to population of the particular community. He also said that the hidden motive behind the Patidar agitations is nothing but a gameplan to scrape the reservation system, and that his movement will counter it to 'protect their constitutional right'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/give-reservation-to-all-take-it-to-100-says-obc-leader-alpesh-thakor/|title=Give reservation to all, take it to 100%, says OBC leader Alpesh Thakor|access-date=28 November 2017|work=The Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/patel-quota-protests-new-leaders-emerge-on-gujarats-political-arena-1219871|title=Patel Quota Protests: New Leaders Emerge on Gujarat's Political Arena|access-date=28 November 2017|publisher=NDTV}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/rein-in-hardik-patels-agitation-within-15-days-obc-leader-alpesh-thakor-warns-government/articleshow/49444291.cms|title=Rein in Hardik Patel's agitation within 15 days, OBC leader Alpesh Thakor warns government|access-date=28 November 2017|work=The Economic Times}}</ref> Thakor was arrested in September 2015 along with many others for organizing a meeting of all OBC communities in [[Mehsana]] district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deshgujarat.com/2015/09/23/39-including-obc-ekta-manch-convener-alpesh-thakor-booked/|title=39 including OBC Ekta Manch convener Alpesh Thakor booked|access-date=28 November 2017|author = Desh Gujarat}}</ref>
Thakor comes from the koli [[Thakor]] community in Gujarat. He rose to prominence and media attention after he launched a movement to counter the Patidar reservation agitation by Hardik Patel. He founded the OSS (OBC, SC, ST) Ekta Manch to unite all people of these communities for demanding reservation according to population of the particular community. He also said that the hidden motive behind the Patidar agitations is nothing but a gameplan to scrape the reservation system, and that his movement will counter it to 'protect their constitutional right'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/give-reservation-to-all-take-it-to-100-says-obc-leader-alpesh-thakor/|title=Give reservation to all, take it to 100%, says OBC leader Alpesh Thakor|access-date=28 November 2017|work=The Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/patel-quota-protests-new-leaders-emerge-on-gujarats-political-arena-1219871|title=Patel Quota Protests: New Leaders Emerge on Gujarat's Political Arena|access-date=28 November 2017|publisher=NDTV}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/rein-in-hardik-patels-agitation-within-15-days-obc-leader-alpesh-thakor-warns-government/articleshow/49444291.cms|title=Rein in Hardik Patel's agitation within 15 days, OBC leader Alpesh Thakor warns government|access-date=28 November 2017|work=The Economic Times}}</ref> Thakor was arrested in September 2015 along with many others for organizing a meeting of all OBC communities in [[Mehsana]] district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deshgujarat.com/2015/09/23/39-including-obc-ekta-manch-convener-alpesh-thakor-booked/|title=39 including OBC Ekta Manch convener Alpesh Thakor booked|access-date=28 November 2017|author = Desh Gujarat}}</ref>


===Politics===
===Politics===
On 23 October 2017, Thakor joined the [[Indian National Congress]] party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national-gujarat-polls-obc-leader-alpesh-thakor-meets-rahul-gandhi-to-join-congress-on-oct-23-407723|title=Gujarat polls: OBC leader Alpesh Thakor meets Rahul Gandhi to join Congress on 23 Oct|date=23 October 2017|author=India TV news}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/gujarat-assembly-election-2017-alpesh-thakor-congress-obc-st-and-st-ekta-manch/1/1072499.html|title=Gujarat Assembly election 2017: Alpesh Thakor announces he will join Congress on Oct 23|date=21 October 2017|work= India Today}}</ref> He contested and won from [[Radhanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Radhanpur]] constituency in the [[2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election]].<ref name="alpeshwin"/> He had demanded the justice of a minor rape survivor in October 2018. The rape incident had triggered the [[2018 attacks on Hindi-speaking migrants in Gujarat|attacks on the Hindi-speaking migrants in Gujarat]] later. Rebel Congress leader Alpesh Thakor on Friday lambasted his former party and Rahul Gandhi for doing nothing for his Thakor community and betraying the trust of his people in Gujarat. He iterated that these were the reasons that culminated to his resignation as Congress MLA earlier this year. He also hinted at voting for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and shunning the Congress in the recently-held Rajya Sabha election in Gandhinagar. Also, [[Dhavalsinh Zala]], another Congress MLA, resigned from the party post citing the same reasons as Alpesh Thakor.<ref>https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/gujarat-alpesh-thakor-dhavalsinh-zala-resign-as-congress-mlas-say-party-humiliated-them-again-and-again/449130</ref> On 9 April 2019 he quit the Indian National Congress<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/hundreds-of-up-bihar-migrants-flee-gujarat-after-rape-backlash-triggers-attacks-1901445.html|title=UP, Bihar Migrants Flee Gujarat After 'Rape Backlash' Triggers Attacks; 342 Arrested|last=Sharon|first=Meghdoot|date=2018-10-07|work=News18|access-date=2018-10-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/oct/07/congress-mla-alpesh-thakor-denies-involvement-in-violence-over-sabarkantha-rape-1882351.html|title=Congress MLA Alpesh Thakor denies involvement in violence over Sabarkantha rape|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=2018-10-08}}</ref> and joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] on 18 July 2019.<ref>[https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/alpesh-thakor-another-former-congress-lawmaker-join-bjp-in-gujarat-2071741 Alpesh Thakor, Another Former Congress Lawmaker Join BJP In Gujarat]</ref> He contested legislative assembly bypoll from [[Radhanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Radhanpur]] in October 2019 and lost by margin of 3500 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/gujarat-bypolls-congress-turncoats-alpesh-thakor-trailing-by-4000-votes/article29783735.ece|title=Gujarat bypolls: Congress turncoat Alpesh Thakor trailing by 4000 votes|date=2019-10-23|website=Business Line|url-status=live|access-date=2019-10-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/alpesh-thakor-loses-gujarat-bypolls-1612560-2019-10-24|title=Gujarat bypolls: Alpesh Thakor, who defected to BJP, loses from Radhapur|last=AhmedabadOctober 24|agency=Press Trust of India|last2=October 24|first2=2019UPDATED|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-10-24|last3=Ist|first3=2019 17:50}}</ref> The BJP had placed Alpesh Thakor at the bottom of the list of star campaigners to keep him happy in the by-elections. A meeting was held in Sayla taluka in support of party Paltu Alpesh Thakor in support of Libdi seat candidate Kirit Singh Rana. But now that the people of the society were well aware of this opportunist, he did not go to any meeting. Alpesh Thakor's associates as well as BJP office bearers were called in to save face as the seats remained vacant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sandesh.com/opportunist-alpesh-thakor-who-betrayed-the-society-saw-his-status-in-limbdi/</ref>
On 23 October 2017, Thakor joined the [[Indian National Congress]] party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national-gujarat-polls-obc-leader-alpesh-thakor-meets-rahul-gandhi-to-join-congress-on-oct-23-407723|title=Gujarat polls: OBC leader Alpesh Thakor meets Rahul Gandhi to join Congress on 23 Oct|date=23 October 2017|author=India TV news}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/gujarat-assembly-election-2017-alpesh-thakor-congress-obc-st-and-st-ekta-manch/1/1072499.html|title=Gujarat Assembly election 2017: Alpesh Thakor announces he will join Congress on Oct 23|date=21 October 2017|work= India Today}}</ref> He contested and won from [[Radhanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Radhanpur]] constituency in the [[2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election]].<ref name="alpeshwin"/> He had demanded the justice of a minor rape survivor in October 2018. The rape incident had triggered the [[2018 attacks on Hindi-speaking migrants in Gujarat|attacks on the Hindi-speaking migrants in Gujarat]] later. On 9 April 2019 he quit the Indian National Congress<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/hundreds-of-up-bihar-migrants-flee-gujarat-after-rape-backlash-triggers-attacks-1901445.html|title=UP, Bihar Migrants Flee Gujarat After 'Rape Backlash' Triggers Attacks; 342 Arrested|last=Sharon|first=Meghdoot|date=2018-10-07|work=News18|access-date=2018-10-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/oct/07/congress-mla-alpesh-thakor-denies-involvement-in-violence-over-sabarkantha-rape-1882351.html|title=Congress MLA Alpesh Thakor denies involvement in violence over Sabarkantha rape|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=2018-10-08}}</ref> and joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] on 18 July 2019.<ref>[https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/alpesh-thakor-another-former-congress-lawmaker-join-bjp-in-gujarat-2071741 Alpesh Thakor, Another Former Congress Lawmaker Join BJP In Gujarat]</ref> He contested legislative assembly bypoll from [[Radhanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Radhanpur]] in October 2019 and lost by margin of 3500 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/gujarat-bypolls-congress-turncoats-alpesh-thakor-trailing-by-4000-votes/article29783735.ece|title=Gujarat bypolls: Congress turncoat Alpesh Thakor trailing by 4000 votes|date=2019-10-23|website=Business Line|url-status=live|access-date=2019-10-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/alpesh-thakor-loses-gujarat-bypolls-1612560-2019-10-24|title=Gujarat bypolls: Alpesh Thakor, who defected to BJP, loses from Radhapur|last=AhmedabadOctober 24|agency=Press Trust of India|last2=October 24|first2=2019UPDATED|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-10-24|last3=Ist|first3=2019 17:50}}</ref> The BJP had placed Alpesh Thakor at the bottom of the list of star campaigners to keep him happy in the by-elections. A meeting was held in Sayla taluka in support of party Paltu Alpesh Thakor in support of Libdi seat candidate Kirit Singh Rana. But now that the people of the society were well aware of this opportunist, he did not go to any meeting. Alpesh Thakor's associates as well as BJP office bearers were called in to save face as the seats remained vacant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sandesh.com/opportunist-alpesh-thakor-who-betrayed-the-society-saw-his-status-in-limbdi/</ref>

===Residence===
OSS House Ranip Ahmedabad


== References ==
== References ==
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Alpesh Thakor (Koli)
Koli people
Gujarat Koli Thakor Sena
Member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
In office
December 2017 – 5 July 2019
ConstituencyRadhanpur[1]
Personal details
Born (1975-11-07) 7 November 1975 (age 48)
Endala, Gujarat, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseKiran Thakor (koli)

Alpesh Thakor (koli) is a politician from Gujarat, India. He was a member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly representing Radhanpur (2017–2019). Formerly associated with the Indian National Congress party, he joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2019. He started his career as a social worker and political activist. He is a leader of the Koli Thakor[2] community in Gujarat. He founded the Gujarat koli Thakor Sena as well as OBC, SC, ST Ekta Manch (OBC, SC, ST unity forum), 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.[3][4][5][6][7]

Career

Social activism

Gujarat Koli Thakor Sena

Thakor founded the Koli Thakor Sena in 2011. He has led many movements for the rights of the Thakor community in Gujarat. In 2016, he floated a movement to rid the members of his community from liquor addiction. He has also demanded stricter laws against illegal trading of alcoholic drinks in Gujarat. The Koli Thakor Sena has around 700,000 members as of October 2017.[8] Rameshji Thakor, the former state vice-president of the Gujarat Koli Thakor Sena, split from Alpesh Thakor after he betrayed the society. He formed the Royal Koli Thakor Sena in 2013 and was elected as the president of his society.[9] Alpesh Thakor, the sitting leader of the Thakor community, has been shown his worth in Limbdi by his own community. Not only was his meeting a fiasco but people also called him a hurricane. He also left the Congress and joined the BJP. But the koli Thakor community defeated him in the by-elections.[10]

OSS Ekta Manch

Thakor comes from the koli Thakor community in Gujarat. He rose to prominence and media attention after he launched a movement to counter the Patidar reservation agitation by Hardik Patel. He founded the OSS (OBC, SC, ST) Ekta Manch to unite all people of these communities for demanding reservation according to population of the particular community. He also said that the hidden motive behind the Patidar agitations is nothing but a gameplan to scrape the reservation system, and that his movement will counter it to 'protect their constitutional right'.[11][12][13] Thakor was arrested in September 2015 along with many others for organizing a meeting of all OBC communities in Mehsana district.[14]

Politics

On 23 October 2017, Thakor joined the Indian National Congress party.[15][16] He contested and won from Radhanpur constituency in the 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election.[1] He had demanded the justice of a minor rape survivor in October 2018. The rape incident had triggered the attacks on the Hindi-speaking migrants in Gujarat later. On 9 April 2019 he quit the Indian National Congress[17][18] and joined Bharatiya Janata Party on 18 July 2019.[19] He contested legislative assembly bypoll from Radhanpur in October 2019 and lost by margin of 3500 votes.[20][21] The BJP had placed Alpesh Thakor at the bottom of the list of star campaigners to keep him happy in the by-elections. A meeting was held in Sayla taluka in support of party Paltu Alpesh Thakor in support of Libdi seat candidate Kirit Singh Rana. But now that the people of the society were well aware of this opportunist, he did not go to any meeting. Alpesh Thakor's associates as well as BJP office bearers were called in to save face as the seats remained vacant.[22]

References

  1. ^ a b "Alpesh Thakor wins in Radhanpur". The Times of India. 18 December 2017.
  2. ^ evonomic times (13 December 2017). "Congress rebel a challenge for Alpesh Thakor in Radhanpur".
  3. ^ Desh Gujarat. "Alpesh Thakor announces to join Congress on October 23".
  4. ^ ""Will join Congress in presence of Rahul Gandhi" says OBC leader Alpesh Thakor". The Indian Express.
  5. ^ "Gujarat Polls Not About Caste Dynamics, But People's Struggle Against the BJP: Alpesh Thakor". The Wire. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  6. ^ Navbharat Times(in Hindi). "आरक्षण पर अल्पेश ठाकोर ने किया हार्दिक पटेल का समर्थन". Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  7. ^ Scroll.in. "Uniting against 'common enemy' BJP, Hardik Patel and Jignesh Mevani to address joint rally on Dec 6". Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Caste movement joins mainstream politics in Gujarat". Business Standard. 17 October 2017.
  9. ^ {{cite web|url=http://sandesh.com/opportunist-alpesh-thakor-who-betrayed-the-society-saw-his-status-in-limbdi/
  10. ^ {{cite web|url=http://sandesh.com/opportunist-alpesh-thakor-who-betrayed-the-society-saw-his-status-in-limbdi/
  11. ^ "Give reservation to all, take it to 100%, says OBC leader Alpesh Thakor". The Indian Express. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  12. ^ "Patel Quota Protests: New Leaders Emerge on Gujarat's Political Arena". NDTV. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  13. ^ "Rein in Hardik Patel's agitation within 15 days, OBC leader Alpesh Thakor warns government". The Economic Times. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  14. ^ Desh Gujarat. "39 including OBC Ekta Manch convener Alpesh Thakor booked". Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  15. ^ India TV news (23 October 2017). "Gujarat polls: OBC leader Alpesh Thakor meets Rahul Gandhi to join Congress on 23 Oct".
  16. ^ "Gujarat Assembly election 2017: Alpesh Thakor announces he will join Congress on Oct 23". India Today. 21 October 2017.
  17. ^ Sharon, Meghdoot (7 October 2018). "UP, Bihar Migrants Flee Gujarat After 'Rape Backlash' Triggers Attacks; 342 Arrested". News18. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  18. ^ "Congress MLA Alpesh Thakor denies involvement in violence over Sabarkantha rape". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  19. ^ Alpesh Thakor, Another Former Congress Lawmaker Join BJP In Gujarat
  20. ^ "Gujarat bypolls: Congress turncoat Alpesh Thakor trailing by 4000 votes". Business Line. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. ^ AhmedabadOctober 24; October 24, 2019UPDATED; Ist, 2019 17:50. "Gujarat bypolls: Alpesh Thakor, who defected to BJP, loses from Radhapur". India Today. Press Trust of India. Retrieved 24 October 2019. {{cite web}}: |first3= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  22. ^ {{cite web|url=http://sandesh.com/opportunist-alpesh-thakor-who-betrayed-the-society-saw-his-status-in-limbdi/
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