Raksha Khadse

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Raksha Nikhil Khadse
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
May 2014
Preceded byHaribhau Jawale
ConstituencyRaver
Personal details
Born
Priyanka Jagdish Patel[citation needed]

(1987-05-13) 13 May 1987 (age 36)
Khetia, Madhya Pradesh
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)Late Nikhil Khadse
RelationsEknath Khadse
(Father-in-law)
Children2
Parent(s)Jagdish Mohan Patel (father), Anita Patel (mother)[1]
ResidenceKothadi, Muktainagar, Jalgaon district[1]
ProfessionPolitician
Websitehttp://www.rakshataikhadse.in

Raksha Nikhil Khadse is a politician from Maharashtra and belongs to the Bhartiya Janta 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] On 22 February 2021 various newspapers reported that she is tested positive to COVID-19.[3][4]

Political career[edit]

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.[5] At the age of 26, she along with Heena Gavit, became the youngest MP in the 16th Lok Sabha.[6]

She got re-elected in 2019 for a second term as MP of Raver Loksabha.[7]

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.

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Raksha Nikhil Khadse". Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "BJP changes Raver nominee". The Times of India. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  3. https://www.www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/maharashtra-minister-chhagan-bhujbal-tests-positive-for-covid-19/article33901557.ece/amp/
  4. Hindustan Times[dead link]
  5. "Constituency-wise results for Lok Sabha Elections 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  6. "Youngest winners: Heena Gavit and Raksha Khadse". The Times of India. 16 May 2014.
  7. "At 32, This Woman Is the Mother of Two And Two-time MP". Retrieved 22 March 2020.

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