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F4U Editorial Desk • Updated October 23, 2026 • 3 min read

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Date of birth1977

Age48 years

BirthplaceEndla village, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

ProfessionPolitician

NationalityIndian

FamilyFather - Khodabhai Patel (a Congress leader); Mother - Not Known; Siblings - Not Known

Alpesh Thakor Biography

Gujarat politician and social activist Alpesh Thakor rose from local mobilisations to win legislative office and lead OBC-focused groups.

Early life and background
Alpesh Thakor was born in Endla village in Ahmedabad district, Gujarat, in 1977. He comes from the Kshatriya Thakor community and was raised in a family with political connections: his father, Khodabhai Patel, has been active in the Congress party. Thakor’s upbringing in rural Gujarat informed his interest in grassroots issues; he lists farming and travelling among his personal interests.

Career
Thakor began his public life as an organiser and community activist. In 2011 he formed the Kshatriya Thakor Sena, a group that focused on the concerns of his community. Over the following years he broadened his platform to champion the rights of Other Backward Classes and to challenge practices he considered unfair, including campaigning against illegal alcohol trade in Gujarat.

His profile grew through leadership of broader OBC mobilisation: he founded the OSS (OBC, SC, ST) Ekta Manch and became a prominent voice in the state’s identity and reservation politics. That visibility brought him into direct engagement with electoral politics.

Thakor entered formal party politics in October 2017 when he joined the Indian National Congress. Contesting the 2017 Gujarat Assembly elections on a Congress ticket, he won the Radhanpur seat in Patan district. In April 2019 he left the Congress, and a few months later, in July 2019, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Following his party switch, Thakor contested a bypoll in Radhanpur in October 2019 and was defeated by a margin of about 3,500 votes. He returned to electoral success in the 2022 Gujarat assembly elections, winning the Gandhinagar South seat by a margin of 43,064 votes.

Public profile
Thakor is identified publicly as a politician and social activist, associated with OBC politics in Gujarat. Media coverage has tracked both his organisational work and his moves between parties. He is listed as having a height of approximately 170 cm and a weight around 60 kg, with black eyes and black hair in published profiles.

Several controversies and provocative remarks have also attracted attention during his career. In 2015 he was detained in connection with organising a meeting of OBC communities in Mehsana district. In late 2017 he drew widespread online criticism for a public remark about the Prime Minister’s complexion that many commentators found disrespectful.

Latest updates
Thakor’s most recent legislative victory came in December 2022 when he won the Gandhinagar South assembly seat by a substantial margin. At that time he was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, having joined the party in July 2019 after leaving the Indian National Congress earlier that year.

Personal and miscellaneous
Public records describe Thakor’s religion as Hindu and list his caste as Other Backward Caste (OBC). He has spoken of leaders who have influenced him, including Mahatma Gandhi, B. R. Ambedkar, and Vallabhbhai Patel. Basic biographical entries note that his marital status and details about siblings or his mother are not publicly documented in the available profile.

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Recent Work

Member of Legislative Assembly, Gandhinagar South

Won the Gandhinagar South seat in the 2022 Gujarat assembly election by a margin of 43,064 votes.

2022
Contested Radhanpur Assembly Seat (by-election)

Contested the October 2019 Gujarat assembly bypoll from Radhanpur and lost by about 3,500 votes.

2019
Won Radhanpur Assembly Seat

Elected to the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Radhanpur in the 2017 state elections as an Indian National Congress candidate.

2017
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Career Highlights

  1. Founded Kshatriya Thakor Sena in 2011.
  2. Founded OSS (OBC, SC, ST) Ekta Manch to mobilise backward classes.
  3. Elected MLA from Radhanpur in 2017.
  4. Joined Bharatiya Janata Party in July 2019.
  5. Elected MLA from Gandhinagar South in 2022.
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