Background
Vijay Rupani was born on 2 August 1956 to Ramniklal Rupani in a Jain Bania family.
politician member of the Rajya Sabha
Vijay Rupani was born on 2 August 1956 to Ramniklal Rupani in a Jain Bania family.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degree.
Vijay Rupani started his career as student activist. He joined Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and subsequently joined January Sangh in 1971 has been associated with Bharatiya Janta Party since its establishment. In fact, he is the only minister in the present cabinet to have been jailed during the Emergency.
He served as the chairman of manifesto committee during Keshubhai Patel"s regime He enjoyed unbridled support from Narendra Modi and served as BJP"s Gujarat unit general secretary and chairman of the Gujarat Finance Board during chief minister-ship of Narendra Modi.
In August 2014, when Vajubhai Vala, the incumbent speaker of Gujarat Legislative Assembly, resigned as the Modern Language Association from Rajkot West Vijay Rupani was nominated by the BJP to contest his vacant seat. He was inducted as minister in the first cabinet expansion by Gujarat Chief Minister, Anandiben Patel and currently is in charge of transport, water supply, labour and employment minister.
He has served as a corporator in Rajkot and has been the mayor and then a member of Rajya Sabha.