India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC), which runs the Ashoka group of hotels across the country. Vaghela was one of 57 Congress MLAs suspended for wearing slogans against BJP president Amit Shah. In July 2017, he left Indian National Congress and stepped down from the post of Leader of Opposition in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly, after he and a few other INC MLAs voted against Ahmed Patel, the INC candidate for the Rajya Sabha, and supported BJP nominee Balvantsinh Rajput. Jan Vikalp Morcha / AIHCP Soon after he left the Indian National Congress, he launched a new outfit called Jan Vikalp Morcha with Parthesh Patel ahead of 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. As the application for registration of Jan Vikalp Morcha was not approved by the elections were announced by the Election Commission, his outfit fielded 95 candidates under the symbol and banner of Jaipur-based All India Hindustan Congress Party to contest election. AIHCP garnered only 0.3% (83,922) of total votes and did not win any seat. Nationalist Congress Party Vaghela joined the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in January 2019. He was appointed the National General Secretary as well as the State President of the party. He was removed from the post of State President in early June 2020, a week before 2020 Indian Rajya Sabha elections. He resigned from the NCP on 22 June 2020 citing his displease at his removal from the post and cross voting by NCP's only MLA Kandhal Jadeja in Rajya Sabha election. Praja Shakti Democratic Party On 21 August 2022, Vaghela launched a new party, Praja Shakti Democratic Party, with an intention to contest 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. Later he backed the INC instead. See also 1995–1997 Gujarat political crisis References External links Koli people 1940 births Living people People from Gujarat Chief Ministers of Gujarat India MPs 2004–2009 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat Rashtriya Janata Party politicians Indian National Congress politicians People from Gandhinagar district India MPs 1977–1979 India MPs 1989–1991 Lok Sabha members from Gujarat India MPs 1991–1996 India MPs 1999–2004 United Progressive Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election Leaders of the Opposition in Gujarat Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh members Rajya Sabha members from Gujarat Gujarat MLAs 1995–1998 Gujarat MLAs 2012–2017 Gujarat University alumni