Raksha Khadse
Indian politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Indian politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 and she is Minister of State in Government of India.
Raksha Nikhil Khadse | |
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.jpg) Khadse in 2024 | |
| Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports | |
| Assumed office 11 June 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Minister | Mansukh Mandaviya |
| Preceded by | Nisith Pramanik |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Haribhau Jawale |
| Constituency | Raver |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 May 1987 Khetia, Madhya Pradesh |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Nikhil Khadse (died 2013) |
| Relations | Eknath Khadse (father-in-law) |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence(s) | Kothali, Muktainagar, Jalgaon district[1] |
| Profession | Politician |
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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.
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