Darshana Jardosh
Indian politician and Minister From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Indian politician and Minister From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Darshana Jardosh (born 21 January 1961) is an Indian politician. She was member of the Lok Sabha representing the Surat constituency in Gujarat. She is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and was elected to 15th Lok Sabha in 2009,[1] following by to 16th Lok Sabha in 2014 and 17th Lok Sabha in 2019.
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Darshana Jardosh | |
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.jpg) Jardosh in 2021 | |
| Minister of State for Railways | |
| In office 7 July 2021 – 11 June 2024 | |
| President | Ram Nath Kovind Droupadi Murmu |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Minister | Ashwini Vaishnaw |
| Preceded by | Suresh Angadi |
| Minister of State for Textiles | |
| In office 7 July 2021 – 11 June 2024 | |
| President | Ram Nath Kovind Droupadi Murmu |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Minister | Piyush Goyal |
| Preceded by | Ajay Tamta |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 16 May 2009 – 11 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Kashiram Rana |
| Constituency | Surat |
| General Secretary of National BJP Mahila Morcha | |
| Assumed office 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 January 1961 Surat, Gujarat, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Vikram Chandrakant Jardosh |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Surat |
| Alma mater | K.P. College of Commerce, Surat |
She was elected to 15th Lok Sabha in 2009.
In 2009, she demanded that the to government set up an international airport in Surat to boost diamond trade.[2] In 2012, she criticised Congress MP Tushar Chaudhary for trying to take credit for flight connectivity to Surat, which she and Navsari MP CR Patil campaigned for.[3]
She was re-elected as the Member of Parliament in the 2014 elections to the Lok Sabha from Surat. She won with a historic margin of 533,190 votes which is the highest lead by any woman MP in Indian Electoral History after Smt.Indira Gandhi and the 4th highest lead in the 2014 elections. She won with a 76.6% vote share which is a record for the 2014 elections.[4]
She was re-elected as the Member of Parliament in the 2019 elections to the Lok Sabha from Surat with 795,651 votes. She took oath as a Minister of State for Railways on 7 July 2021 during Narendra Modi's ministry expansion at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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