Despite being known as Ravindrasinh Jadeja’s wife, Rivaba Ravindrasinh Jadeja also has her own identity. She was sworn in as the new minister under Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel of Gujarat on October 17th, 2025.
Who Is Rivaba Jadeja?
Rivaba Ravindrasinh Jadeja is an Indian politician and Gujarat State Minister. She belongs to a family that has been closely connected with social work in the city. Her notable appointments are Primary, Secondary, and Adult Education.
She married Ravindra Jadeja in 2016. The couple, who run a restaurant in Rajkot, have a daughter named ‘Nidhyana’. Her desire to have a good rapport with the people and to assist them has already earned her the respect and recognition of a good minister.
Rivaba’s nomination holds personal significance for her and also reflects the BJP’s strategy to encourage greater participation of women in politics. Jadeja’s parents are Hardevsinh Solanki and Prafullaba Solanki. Her Father, Hardevsinh Solanki, is a Gujarati Businessman.
Education
A mechanical engineer, Rivaba aspired to become a bureaucrat, but politics soon became her calling.
Rivaba started an NGO named Shree Matrushakti Charitable Trust to help women and create women’s empowerment.
Political Career
Rivaba Jadeja joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2019 and became active in the Jamnagar-Saurashtra region. She contested from the Jamnagar North constituency as a BJP candidate and won by a margin of over 50,000 votes in the 2022 Gujarat Assembly elections.
Before joining the BJP, Rivaba Jadeja was a member of the Rajput organization Karni Sena. She shot to the limelight in 2018 when the Karni Sena staged massive protests over Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s period drama ‘Padmaavat’, alleging objectionable content.
The same year, she was appointed as the president of Karni Sena’s women’s wing. It is expected that when Rivaba will take over her new role as minister, she will further promote the political engagement of women in Gujarat moving forward.
Her nomination by the BJP incidentally came a week after Parimal Nathwani, Director, Corporate Affairs, at Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), appealed to all parties “not to give tickets to candidates who would allow crime to flourish in Jamnagar”.
Rivaba Jadeja was among the 26 ministers sworn in at Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar on Friday, alongside the new Deputy Chief Minister, Harsh Sanghvi.
The ceremony was attended by Governor Acharya Devvrat, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, and BJP National President JP Nadda, along with senior leaders Swaroopji Thakor, Parshottam Solanki, Arjun Modhwadia, and Kanubhai Desai.
This marks the first major cabinet reshuffle since Bhupendra Patel began his second term as Chief Minister.
The change followed a high-level meeting in Delhi involving Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP President JP Nadda, and Union Minister CR Patil, where the final decisions were made.
