Ajit Gopchade Explained

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]

Early career

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]

Political career.

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]

Rajya Sabha member (2024 - present)

In 2024, he was nominated to Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra by BJP along with his colleagues Medha Kulkarni and Ashok Chavan.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2024-02-27 . Rajya Sabha Elections 2024: Full list of winners in polls to 56 Upper House seats . 2024-02-28 . Financialexpress . en.
  2. News: ANI . 2024-02-15 . "Didn't expect my candidature": BJP's Ajit Gopchade on RS nomination from Maharashtra . 2024-02-26 . ANI News.
  3. Web site: Photos Of BJP's Ajeet Gopchade Atop Babri Masjid During 1992 Demolition Go Viral After His Rajya Sabha Nomination . 2024-02-26 . Free Press Journal . en.
  4. Web site: 2024-02-14 . A karsevak part of Babri demolition, a Congress turncoat and a woman professor: BJP's RS choices from Maharashtra . 2024-02-26 . The Indian Express . en.
  5. Web site: Londhe . Shrikant Ashok . Rajya Sabha : कोण आहेत अजित गोपछडे व मेधा कुलकर्णी? ज्यांना भाजपकडून राज्यसभेची उमेदवारी . 2024-02-26 . Hindustan Times Marathi . mr.
  6. News: Rajya Sabha poll ticket for 'proud' Ram Janmabhoomi karsevak Ajit Gopchade . 2024-07-03 . The Telegraph . India . J. P. . Yadav . 17 February 2024 . en.
  7. News: Why BJP cleared Congress path in Rajya Sabha polls in Maharashtra . 2024-07-03 . India Today . en . Dhaval S. . Kulkarni . 17 February 2024.