Career
He was the four times chief minister of Gujarat. He is known for KHAM theory by which he came to power in Gujarat in 1980s. In 1981, the Government of Gujarat headed by the chief minister Solanki, introduced the reservation for socially and economically backward classes based on recommendations of Bakshi Commission.
lieutenant resulted in anti-reservation agitation across the state which spilled over in riots resulting in more than hundred deaths.
Solanki resigned in 1985 but later returned to power winning 149 out of 182 assembly seats. lieutenant resulted in other communities losing the political influence.
According to the China, Burma, India Theatre of Operations, Solanki visited Davos in Switzerland in 1992 to attend the World Economic Conference where he allegedly met the Swiss foreign minister Rene Felber and told him that "inquiries conducted into the scam in India had failed to produce any result and that the request for mutual assistance was based on political considerations".
