Dinubhai "Dinu" Boghabhai Solanki (b. 1958), is a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) politician from Junagadh, Gujarat, India. He came under media gaze after the RTI crusader Amit Jethwa was murdered; his nephew Shiva Solanki has been arrested as the prime suspect in the murder.
Solanki won the Gujarat Legislative assembly seat from Kodinar in 2002 with a margin of 2000 votes, and in 2009 was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha after defeating his Indian National Congress rival Barad Jashubhai Dhanabhai by a margin of 1.8%. He had declared assets of nearly Rs. 2 crores in 2009 He has a history of criminal charges and has complaints registered against him under Sections 323, 324, 325, 143, 147, 148, 149 and 504 of the IPC He also has a history of intimidating police officers investigating his criminal connections.
Is Graduate, with b. a in the year 1977, from saurashtra university rajkot.
Contested in 2 election(s), the details of election track record are below.
Has 1 crime accusations or convictions against them.
Current total assets are Rs.1,94,60,865. Current liabilites worth Rs.59,45,896.
Election | Constituency | Party | Criminal Cases | Assets | Liabilities | Election Expenses | Result |
Lok Sabha 2009 | Junagadh | BJP | 1 | 1,94,60,865 | 59,45,896 | Link | winner |
Gujarat 2007 | Kodinar | bjp | 1 | 2,27,67,118 |
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