MP Report card: Dr K C Patel, BJP, Constituency — Valsad

Dr K C Patel, who has a MBBS degree, joined BJP in 1982. He was the party's Valsad district vice-president from 1985 to 1988 and the district secretary from 1988 to 1991.

Dr K C Patel, BJP candidate from Valsad Lok Sabha Constituency

Constituency overview

Valsad constituency, with a dominant tribal population, lies in the bordering district of Gujarat and Maharashtra. It has seven Assembly seats – Dang, Vansda, Dharampur, Valsad, Pardi, Umargam and Kaprada. Except Vansda, all other Assembly seats are with the BJP.

Congress MLA from Vansda, Anant Patel, is contesting from the Valsad Lok Sabha seat this time. Valsad, home to a vast migrant population, has industries located in Vapi, Umargam and Sarigam. Congress’ Nanubhai Patel was the Valsad MP for three terms from 1957 to 1971. He was again elected as MP in 1977 as a Janta Party candidate.

While Congress’ Uttam Patel won the seat in 1980, 1984 and 1991, Janta Dal’s Arjun Patel got elected in 1989. BJP’s Manibhai Chaudhary won from Valsad in 1996, 1998 and 1999, followed by Congress candidate Kishan Patel in 2004 and 2009. Dr K C Patel won the seat in 2014 and 2019 elections.

MP profile overview

Dr K C Patel, who has a MBBS degree, joined BJP in 1982. He was the party’s Valsad district vice-president from 1985 to 1988 and the district secretary from 1988 to 1991. He contested the Assembly election from Pardi in 1995 and got elected. He was the state minister for health, family welfare and tribal development from 1996 to 1998.

A woman lawyer had filed a police complaint accusing Patel of rape in New Delhi in 2017. Patel also filed a complaint with the Delhi Police, alleging that the woman had demanded Rs 5 crore from him, after he was drugged and filmed in a compromising state. The woman was later arrested.

Committees he was part of

Member of consultative committees of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and Ministry of Chemical and Fertilizers; member of standing committee on external affairs and information technology; member of committee on estimates and member of committee on provision of computers to Lok Sabha members.

Debates he participated in

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September 22, 2020: Compensation to be given for land acquisition in the bullet train project.

July 15, 2019: Demand for grant in connection to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.

July 11, 2019: Demand for grant in connection to Ministry of Railways.

July 9, 2019: Sought compensation for mango growers of Valsad

June 27, 2019: Drinking water problem in Valsad.

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