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 | Late Nikhil Khadse |
Relations |
Eknath Khadse (father-in-law) |
Children | 2 |
Residence(s) | Kothali, Muktainagar, Jalgaon district [1] |
Profession | Politician |
Source: [1] |
Raksha Nikhil Khadse is a politician from Maharashtra and belongs to the Bhartiya Janata Party. She represents the Raver Loksabha seat in lower house of Indian parliament.
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] She comes from Leva Patel agrarian community.
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] She has been named for a third time by the Bharatiya Janata Party as a candidate for the upcoming 2024 Indian general election.
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 |