Dilipkumar Gandhi Explained

Birth Name:Dilipkumar Mansukhlal Gandhi
Birth Date:9 May 1951
Birth Place:Daund, Maharashtra, India
Residence:Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
Death Place:Delhi, India
Office:Member of Parliament
Lok Sabha
Term Start:2009
Term End:2019
Predecessor:Tukaram Gangadhar Gadakh
Successor:Sujay Vikhe Patil
Constituency:Ahmednagar
Term Start1:1999
Term End1:2004
Predecessor1:Balasaheb Vikhe Patil
Successor1:Tukaram Gangadhar Gadakh
Constituency1:Ahmednagar
Party:BJP
Spouse:Saroj
Children:2 sons and 1 daughter
Source:http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=128

Dilipkumar Mansukhlal Gandhi (9 May 1951 – 17 March 2021) was an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party. He was the member of the 15th Lok Sabha & 16th Lok Sabha of India.

Political career

Gandhi began his political career by holding key positions in the district organisation of BJP such as General Secretary, Joint Secretary and President. He was elected to the Ahmednagar Municipal Corporation as a Councilor and later he became the Leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Municipal Council. In 1985, he became the Vice-President of the Ahmednagar Municipal Corporation.

In 1999 he was elected to the 13th Lok Sabha from Ahmednagar constituency in Maharashtra state. He was Union Minister of State, Ministry of Shipping from 29 January 2003 to 15 March 2004.

In 2009, he was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from the same constituency.

In 2014, he was re-elected with a margin of more than 200,000 votes in 2014 Indian general elections in which BJP had a huge victory across India under leadership of Narendra Modi as PM Candidate.

Death

He died on 17 March 2021, from COVID-19.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Former Union minister and BJP leader Dilip Gandhi dies of Covid-19 . India Today.