Sunil Baliram Gaikwad (born 19 June 1970) is an Indian politician from

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

(BJP). He represented

Latur Latur(लातूर) is a city in Indian state of Maharashtra, and is one of the largest cities of the Marathwada region. It is the administrative headquarters of Latur district and Latur Taluka. The city is a tourist hub surrounded by ma ...

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in the 16th Lok Sabha.

Early life and education

Sunil Gaikwad was born to Shri Baliram Gaikwad and his wife Vatsala Gaikwad at Ambulga village of Latur district.

Political career

Gaikwad lost the Latur Lok Sabha seat by around 7000 votes in 2009. He won 2014 Lok Sabha elections from

. In 2017, he alleged he was being ill-treated at airports because he shared the same surname as

Ravindra Gaikwad Ravindra Vishwanath Gaikwad (born 27 April 1960) is an Indian politician associated with Shiv Sena, and was a member of the 16th Lok Sabha of India from 2014 to 2019 as a member of that party. He did not contest Lok Sabha elections in 2019. In ...

, who had assaulted an airline employee. In 2019, BJP replaced him with Sudhakar Shringare.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gaikwad, Sunil People from Latur district 1970 births India MPs 2014–2019 Living people Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra People from Marathwada Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra