Raksha Khadse

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
Khadse in 2024
Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 June 2024
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Mansukh Mandaviya
Preceded by	Nisith Pramanik
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office May 2014
Preceded by	Haribhau Jawale
Constituency	Raver
Personal details
Born	Priyanka Jagdish Patel [citation needed] (1987-05-13) 13 May 1987 (age 37) 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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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

President Droupadi Murmu administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to Raksha

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

Election	Year	Party		Constituency	Opponent			Result	Margin
Loksabha	2014		BJP	Raver		NCP	Manish Jain	Won	318,068
	2019		BJP			INC	Dr. Ulhas Patil	Won	3,35,882
	2024		BJP			NCP-SP	Shriram Patil	Won	2,72,183

Positions held

• 2010 to 2012 - Sarpanch of Kothali Grampanchayat.
• 2012 to 2014 - Member Zillah Parishad, Jalgaon, Maharashtra.
• 2012 to 2014 - Chairperson (Sabhapati) Health, Education & Sports Committee, Zillah Parishad, Jalgaon, Maharashtra.
• 2014 to present - Member of Parliament for Raver Loksabha constituency, Maharashtra.
• 2024 to present - Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India

See also

• Third Modi ministry

References

1. "Raksha Nikhil Khadse". Retrieved 22 March 2020.
2. "BJP changes Raver nominee". The Times of India. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
3. "Constituency-wise results for Lok Sabha Elections 2014". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
4. "Youngest winners: Heena Gavit and Raksha Khadse". The Times of India. 16 May 2014.
5. "At 32, This Woman Is the Mother of Two And Two-time MP". Retrieved 22 March 2020.

External links

• Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website