Vadodara: Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Dabhoi, Shailesh Sotta (Shailesh Mehta) has made a demand to declare a public holiday nationwide on 22nd January, so that the people can freely celebrate the occasion of pran pratishtha of newly built Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir. He said this in reference to various celebrations organized at local levels across the nation in which people would gather to witness the Ram Mandir event live on the big screen. Meanwhile, on 31st December, a func...Read More

Vadodara: Shailesh Mehta (Sotta), the Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Dabhoi, has been acquitted by the High Court in a case related to riots that occurred 28 years ago. Back in the year 2000, the Vadodara Sessions Court had sentenced Shailesh Sotta and five others to a one-year sentence for their involvement in the rioting that took place in 1995. The incident dates back 28 years when a team of Zilla Panchayat members, accompanied by the Panigat Police, visited the Waghodia Road...Read More

Dabhoi: Reliance (RIL) and Ready fuel jointly started an Agro Waste Densification Unit at Khanpur in Dabhoi Taluka in Vadodara. The unit will produce Biomass briquettes from the waste of cotton seeds, castor seeds, pigeon peas, and rice. The farmers can use bio-coal as a substitute for diesel and conventional coal. Daboi MLA Shailesh Sotta's son and Ready fuel owner Dhrumil, in collaboration with Reliance, started the unit. At the inauguration of the unit, Reliance Industries Biomass head Sa...Read More

Vadodara: Balkrishna Patel alias Babu Dholar, a former BJP MLA from Dabhoi seat in Central Gujarat today joined main opposition Congress party. Patel was eyeing BJP ticket to contest from Dabhoi, however he resigned from the party as he smelled that BJP was going to repeat its sitting MLA from Dabhoi, Shailesh Mehta alias Shailesh Sotta as candidate in upcoming State assembly election. Patel was elected as BJP MLA in 2012 but he was denied a party ticket in 2017. DeshGujaratRead More

Vadodara: Shailesh Sotta is BJP MLA from Dabhoi seat of Central Gujarat, but he lives in the city of Vadodara. Parikh Park is a residential society located near Suryanagar garba ground in Vadodara. This area is close to Shailesh Sotta's Vadodara residence. Sotta has represented this area as councillor of Vadodara city for number of years. The locals complained that some Muslims was in process to purchase Hindu's house in Parikh Park society. In response to this, Sotta reached collector offic...Read More