Gajanan Kirtikar is Leader of

Shivsena Shiv Sena (IAST: ''Śiva Sēnā'') () was a right-wing to far-right Marathi regionalist and Hindu ultranationalist political party in India founded in 1966 by cartoonist Bal Thackeray. Originally emerging from nativist movements in Bombay ...

and a

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(MP) from

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, India. He has been a Member of Legislative Assembly from Malad assembly constituency in Mumbai from 1990 to 2009. He was state minister for home in

Shiv Sena Shiv Sena ( IAST: ''Śiva Sēnā'') () was a right-wing to far-right Marathi regionalist and Hindu ultranationalist political party in India founded in 1966 by cartoonist Bal Thackeray. Originally emerging from nativist movements in Bom ...

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Government. He has been elected to the Parliament of India. In the 2014 General elections (16th Lok Sabha), he defeated

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, by a margin of approximately 1,83,000 votes, to win from the Mumbai North West constituency in Maharashtra.

Positions held

* 1990: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (1st term) * 1995: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (2nd term) * 1995-98 : Minister of State for Home, Tourism,

* 1998-99 : Cabinet Minister for Information, Public Relations and Transport, Maharashtra State * 1999: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (3rd term) * 2004: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (4th term) * 2006: President, Sthaniy Lokadhikar Samiti Mahasangha * 2007 Onwards: Leader, Shiv Sena * 2010: President, Mumbai Upnagar Kabaddi Association * 2014: Elected to 16th Lok Sabha * 2019: Elected to 17th Lok Sabha

References

External links

Shiv Sena official website

Gajanan Kirtikar Lok Sabha Profile

Shiv Sena fields new faces from Mumbai

Cong, NCP repose faith in sitting MPs in Mumbai

मराठी मते यावेळी विभागणार नाहीत – गजानन कीर्तिकर
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kirtikar, Gajanan Shiv Sena politicians Living people Maharashtra MLAs 2004–2009 1943 births India MPs 2014–2019 State cabinet ministers of Maharashtra Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra Marathi politicians India MPs 2019–present

Positions held

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