Hemantkumar Shah, 60, who resigned as in-charge principal of HK Arts College in Ahmedabadafter the college management declined permission to use its auditorium for a function where independent MLA Jignesh Mevani was invited as chief guest, was the national executive committee member of RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) till a decade ago.
Shah holds a postgraduate degree in political science and was associated with Jai Prakash Narayan’s Chhatralaya Sangharsh Vahini as a student. He has also worked as a journalist.