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Paresh Kumar Dhiraj Lal Dhanani, also known as Paresh Dhanani, is a Congress leader. He was born on August 15, 1976, and completed his B.Com from Saurashtra University in 2000. He won his maiden Assembly election in 2002 and defeated Parsottambhai Rupala of the BJP. However, he was defeated by BJP's Dilip Sanghani in 2007. He won the Amreli seat in 2012 again. In 2012, he defeated BJP's Sanghani by over 29,000 votes and avenged his defeat. He also won in 2017 by defeating BJP's Bavkubhai Undhad. In 2018, the then Congress president Rahul Gandhi nominated Dhanani as the Gujarat Assembly's Leader of the Opposition. He served in the post between 2018 and 2021. Over the years, Dhanani has emerged as a strong voice of Congress in Gujarat. While senior Congress leaders were losing their seats, Dhanani maintained the winning spree. Dhanani is taking on BJP's Kaushik Vekariya and AAP's Ravi Dhanani this time.