Biography

He was born in Burma (now, Myanmar).In 1960, due to political instability in Burma, his family moved to Rajkot.His father founded a trading firm Rasiklal & Sons, and Rupani is a partner of the firm.Rupani also worked as a stockbroker.Rupani started his political career as a student activist of Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP- student political wing of BJP).He entered into the serious politics in 1971 when he joined RSS and Jan Sangh.In 1976, he spent 11 months at the jails in Bhuj and Bhavnagar during the Emergency.From 1978 to 1981, he worked as a Pracharak of RSS.In 2006, Rupani was appointed as a Chairman of Gujarat Tourism.In August 2014, after Vajubhai Vala resigned as the MLA from Rajkot West (as he was appointed as the governor of Karnataka), BJP nominated Vijay Rupnai to contest the Rajkot West seat, and on 9 October 2014, Rupani won the by-poll by a huge margin.