| Office: | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha |
| Term Start: | 3 April 2024 |
| Constituency: | Maharashtra |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Education: | M.B.B.S., M.D. |
| Residence: | Nanded |
| Predecessor: | Narayan Rane |
Ajit Gopchade is an Indian politician and activist from Maharashra, who is serving as Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra state since 2024.[1] He is representing Bharatiya Janata Party.[2]
In 1992, Gopchade has finished his study on MBBS and joined with a group of over 300 Hindutva youth activists to Ayodhya for "karseva," or serving Lord Ram.[3] He admitted that he was in the widely shared 6 December 1992, picture of a group of young people gleefully standing atop one of the Babri Masjit's three domes.[4]
After completing his M.D. at a government medical college, he joined the BJP and functioned as the convener of the party's doctors' cell. He was then elevated to the position of party vice-president in the state.[5]
Because of his capacity to organize and his proactive involvement in setting up medical camps during COVID-19, the BJP has suggested that he run for the Maharashtra Legislative Council elections in May 2020. But at the last moment, his name was omitted.[6]
In 2024, he was nominated to Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra by BJP along with his colleagues Medha Kulkarni and Ashok Chavan.[7]