Raksha Khadse
Raksha Nikhil Khadse | |
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Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports | |
Assumed office 11 June 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
Minister | Mansukh Mandaviya |
Preceded by | Nisith Pramanik |
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
Assumed office May 2014 | |
Preceded by | Haribhau Jawale |
Constituency | Raver |
Personal details | |
Born | Priyanka Jagdish Patel [citation needed] 13 May 1987 Khetia, Madhya Pradesh |
Nationality | Indian |
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Spouse | Nikhil Khadse (died 2013) |
Relations | Eknath Khadse (father-in-law) |
Children | 2 |
Residence(s) | Kothali, Muktainagar, Jalgaon district[1] |
Profession | Politician |
Source: [1] |
Raksha Nikhil Khadse (born 13 May 1987) is a politician from Maharashtra and belongs to the Bhartiya Janata Party. She represents the Raver Loksabha seat in lower house of Indian parliament.
Personal life
[edit]Khadse was born in Khetia, Madhya Pradesh.[1] Raksha Khadse is the daughter-in-law of senior NCP leader of Maharashtra Eknath Khadse. She is the widow of his son Nikhil Khadse.[1][2] She comes from Leva Patel agrarian community.
Political career
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Khadse elected as Sarpanch of Kothadi village. later she was elected to Jalgaon Zila Parishad.[2] In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, she defeated Manish Jain of Nationalist Congress Party by margin of 318608 votes. She obtaining 605452 while Jain received 287384 votes.[3] At the age of 26, she along with Heena Gavit, became the youngest MP in the 16th Lok Sabha.[4]
She got re-elected in 2019 for a second term as MP of Raver Loksabha.[5] She has been named for a third time by the Bharatiya Janata Party as a candidate for the upcoming 2024 Indian general election.
Electoral performance
[edit]Election | Year | Party | Constituency | Opponent | Result | Margin | |||
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Loksabha | 2014 | BJP | Raver | NCP | Manish Jain | Won | 318,068 | ||
2019 | BJP | INC | Dr. Ulhas Patil | Won | 3,35,882 | ||||
2024 | BJP | NCP(SP) | Shriram Patil | Won | 2,72,183 |
Positions held
[edit]- 2010 to 2012 - Sarpanch of Kothali Grampanchayat.
- 2012 to 2014 - Member Zillah Parishad, Jalgaon, Maharashtra.
- 2012 to 2014 - Chairperson (Sabhapati) Health, Education & Sports Committee, Zillah Parishad, Jalgaon, Maharashtra.
- 2014 to present - Member of Parliament for Raver Loksabha constituency, Maharashtra.
- 2024 to present - Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Raksha Nikhil Khadse". Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ a b "BJP changes Raver nominee". The Times of India. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ^ "Constituency-wise results for Lok Sabha Elections 2014". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ^ "Youngest winners: Heena Gavit and Raksha Khadse". The Times of India. 16 May 2014.
- ^ "At 32, This Woman Is the Mother of Two And Two-time MP". Retrieved 22 March 2020.
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[edit]- Living people
- India MPs 2014–2019
- India MPs 2019–2024
- Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra
- Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra
- Marathi politicians
- People from Jalgaon district
- Women in Maharashtra politics
- 21st-century Indian women politicians
- 21st-century Indian politicians
- 1987 births
- People from Barwani district
- India MPs 2024–2029