Batuk Vora

He then became involved in trade union struggles and joined the Communist Party of India.

After returning to journalistic work, he wrote for the CPI party organ New Age.

He also worked for India Abroad, and was its correspondent in San Francisco, United States.

[2] In the 1978 Gujarat state assembly elections he contested and won the Palitana seat in Bhavnagar district as a CPI candidate.

[3][4] Following the 2002 Gujarat violence, Vora emerged as a staunch critic of the Narendra Modi state government.