[1] He was very vocal in favour of banning gutka and other tobacco products altogether in the state.
But he was elected from Khadia seat to Gujarat Vidhan Sabha eight times in a row.
He was Minister for Health, Law and Justice for the Government of Gujarat when Keshubhai Patel was CM.
Bhatt was forced to resign along with Harin Pathak who was Minister of State for Defence Production in center government in a case of instigating a mob leading to the lynching of Head Constable Laxman Desai during an anti-quota agitation in Gujarat in April 1985.
[8] Bhatt died due to multiple organ failure in SAL Hospital in Ahmedabad on 29 September 2010 at 10:45pm where he was undergoing treatment of a heart problem for nearly three weeks.