Raksha Khadse Explained

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 belongs to the Bhartiya Janata Party. She represents the Raver Loksabha seat in lower house of Indian parliament.

Personal life

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.

Political career

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.

Electoral performance

Election Candidature History
ElectionYearPartyConstituencyOpponentResultMargin
Loksabha2014Raver
2019Dr. Ulhas Patil
2024

Positions held

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Raksha Nikhil Khadse. March 22, 2020.
  2. Web site: BJP changes Raver nominee . . 21 March 2014 . 11 October 2014.
  3. Web site: Constituency-wise results for Lok Sabha Elections 2014 . Election Commission of India . 2014-05-18 . 18 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140518135535/http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS131.htm?ac=4 . dead .
  4. News: Youngest winners: Heena Gavit and Raksha Khadse . The Times of India . 2014-05-16 .
  5. News: At 32, This Woman Is the Mother of Two And Two-time MP. March 22, 2020.