Raksha Nikhil Khadse is a politician from Maharashtra and belongs to the

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. She represents the Raver Loksabha seat in lower house of Indian parliament.

Personal life

Khadse was born in

Khetia Khetia is a town and a nagar panchayat (municipal council) in the Barwani district in the Indian central western state of Madhya Pradesh. Demographics In the 1990 census of India, Khetia had a population of 14,265. Males constituted 52% and f ...

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. Raksha Khadse is the daughter-in-law of senior NCP leader of Maharashtra

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. She is the widow of his son Nikhil Khadse. On 22 February 2021 various newspapers reported that she is tested positive to

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Political career

Khadse elected as

Sarpanch A sarpanch ( IAST: ''Sarpañch'' Hindi: ''सरपंच'') or Gram Pradhan or Mukhiya is a decision-maker, elected by the village-level constitutional body of local self-government called the Gram Sabha (village government) in India. The Sarp ...

of Kothadi village. later she was elected to Jalgaon Zila Parishad. In the

2014 Lok Sabha elections General elections were held in India in nine phases from 7 April to 12 May 2014 to elect the members of the 16th Lok Sabha. With 834 million registered voters, they were the largest-ever elections in the world until being surpassed by the 2019 ...

, she defeated Manish Jain of Nationalist Congress Party by margin of 318608 votes. She obtaining 605452 while Jain received 287384 votes. At the age of 26, she along with

Heena Gavit Dr. Heena Gavit is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Maharashtra. She is a member of the 17th Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian Parliament) from the Nandurbar constituency.She is a National Spokesperson of the BJP. Profession ...

, became the youngest MP in the

16th Lok Sabha Members of the 16th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2014 Indian general election. The elections were conducted in 9 phases from 7 April 2014 to 12 May 2014 by the Election Commission of India. The results of the election were declared on 16 M ...

. She got re-elected in 2019 for a second term as MP of Raver Loksabha.

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.

References

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
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