MLA Ranchhodbhai Chanabhai Faldu as BJP President for Gujarat India

MLA Ranchhodbhai Chanabhai Faldu was appointed president of BJP Gujarat State wing in presence of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and BJP general secretary, Gopinath Munde. Faldu is among those MLAs who showed no group loyalties and survived the change of leadership from Keshubhai to Modi.

A farmer by profession, Faldu is a leuva Patel from Saurashtra Gujarat India. He has been associated with RSS since childhood and first contested elections in 1998. This is his third term as an MLA. Faldu has been President of Jamnagar district BJP for two terms and was also president of Jamnagar District Panchayat. Faldu also is trustee of Sanskar Teerth Education Trust.

Talking to reporters in Gandhinagar City Gujarat on Faldu's appointment; Modi reacted to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement asking states to act more responsibly. He said, "The PM had promised to curb increasing prices within 100 days. However, he has failed to do so as a result of which the country is feeling betrayed."

He said that the central government, instead of taking action, was inert resulting into aggravating all the three issues. He said that the Center was trying to pass on the responsibility to the states and was just busy blaming them.