Reshma Patel


Reshma Patel is an Indian politician as well as social and political activist from Gujarat, India. Currently she is Join NCP and ex-chief minister and NCP Gujarat president Sankarsih bapu Vaghela entrusted her as the General Secretary of Gujarat state NCP Nationalist Congress Party

Family life

Patel is a mother of twins a son and a daughter. Her parents had a disputed family life. Her mother was murdered and her father was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Social and political activism

Now she is leave the member of Bharatiya Janata Party, Previously has actively participated in 00Patidar reservation agitation, after police firing had killed innocent patidars and arrested Hardik Patel. She has been jailed a number of times by the police for her actions against the BJP government. She sat on an indefinite hunger strike for 21 days for the release of community members lodged in jail by the state.
She filed public interest litigation for the use of VVPAT in EVM machines which was dismissed by the Gujarat High Court. She has challenged the said order before the Supreme Court of India which is pending for the adjudication wherein the Supreme Court of India has issued notices to the Central Government, State Government, Election Commission of India, Election Commission of Gujarat and the companies which manufacture EVMs.
As she participated in Mehsana "Jail Bharo Aandolan" which turned violent, she was lodged in Sabarmati Central Jail, Ahmedabad and was released after more than 30 days with the strict and stringent conditions.
In July 2017, in the "Azaddi kooch" held to protest the dalit atrocities in Gujarat, the police detained her, Kanhaiya Kumar and other activists.
But after that she recently changed her political view, resigned from BJP and joined Nationalist Congress Party and contested in Manavadar by-election in March 2019.