Madhav Singh Solanki

Madhav Singh Solanki
7th Chief Minister of Gujarat
In office 24 December 1976 – 10 April 1977
Preceded by	President's rule
Succeeded by	Babubhai J. Patel
In office 7 June 1980 – 6 July 1985
Preceded by	President's rule
Succeeded by	Amarsinh Chaudhary
In office 10 December 1989 – 4 March 1990
Preceded by	Amarsinh Chaudhary
Succeeded by	Chimanbhai Patel
Personal details
Born	July 29, 1927
Political party	Indian National Congress
Children	Bharatsinh Madhavsinh Solanki
Religion	Hindu

Madhav Singh Solanki is a leader of Indian National Congress party and a former External Affairs minister of India. He was the four times chief minister of Gujarat. He is known for KHAM theory by which he came to power in Gujarat in 1980s.

Career

In 1981, the Government of Gujarat headed by the chief minister Solanki, introduced the reservation for socially and economically backward classes based on recommendations of Bakshi Commission. It resulted in anti-reservation agitation across the state which spilled over in riots resulting in more than hundred deaths. Solanki resigned in 1985 but later returned to power winning 149 out of 182 assembly seats. He was supported by Kshatriya, Harijan, Adivasi and Muslims; called collectively as KHAM formula. It resulted in other communities losing the political influence.

Bofors

According to the CBI, Solanki visited Davos in Switzerland in 1992 to attend the World Economic Conference where he allegedly met the Swiss foreign minister Rene Felber and told him that "inquiries conducted into the scam in India had failed to produce any result and that the request for mutual assistance was based on political considerations".

External links

• Govt to press for early Presidential sanction
• Communalist outrages in Gujarat

Preceded by Vidya Charan Shukla

Minister for External Affairs of India 1991–1992

Succeeded by P V Narasimha Rao