| Raksha Nikhil Khadse | |
| Office: | Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports |
| Term Start: | 11 June 2024 |
| Primeminister: | Narendra Modi |
| Predecessor: | Nisith Pramanik |
| Minister: | Mansukh Mandaviya |
| Office10: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
| Term Start10: | May 2014 |
| Constituency10: | Raver |
| Predecessor10: | Haribhau Jawale |
| Birth Name: | Priyanka Jagdish Patel |
| Birth Date: | 13 May 1987 |
| Birth Place: | Khetia, Madhya Pradesh |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse: | Nikhil Khadse (died 2013) |
| Relations: | Eknath Khadse (father-in-law) |
| Children: | 2 |
| Residence: | Kothali, Muktainagar, Jalgaon district[1] |
| Profession: | Politician |
| Native Name Lang: | MAR |
| Country: | India |
| Parliament: | India |
| Source: | http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4722 |
Raksha Nikhil Khadse (born 13 May 1987) is a politician from Maharashtra and of the Bhartiya Janata Party. She represents the Raver Loksabha seat in lower house of 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 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.[3] At the age of 26, she along with Heena Gavit, became the youngest MP in the 16th Lok Sabha.[4]
She got re-elected in 2019 for a second term as MP of Raver Loksabha.[5] She has been named for a third time by the Bharatiya Janata Party as a candidate for the upcoming 2024 Indian general election.[6]
| Election | Year | Party | Constituency | Opponent | Result | Margin | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loksabha | 2014 | Raver | Manish Jain | |||||||||||
| 2019 | Dr. Ulhas Patil | |||||||||||||
| 2024 | Shriram Patil | |||||||||||||