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 | 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 |
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Raksha Nikhil Khadse (born 13 May 1987) is a politician from Maharashtra and a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party. She represents the Raver Loksabha seat in the lower house of the Indian parliament and is a Minister of State in the Government of India.
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 the Leva Patel agrarian community.
Khadse was elected as Sarpanch of Kothadi village. Later she was elected to the Jalgaon Zila Parishad. [2] In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections,she defeated Manish Jain of the Nationalist Congress Party by a margin of 318608 votes. [3] She obtaining 605452 while Jain received 287384 votes. [4] At the age of 26,she,along with Heena Gavit,became the youngest MP in the 16th Lok Sabha. [5]
She was re-elected in 2019 for a second term as MP of Raver Loksabha. [6] She has been named for a third time by the Bharatiya Janata Party as a candidate for the upcoming 2024 Indian general election. [7]
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 |