Gajanan Kirtikar
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Gajanan Kirtikar is Leader of Shivsena and a Member of Parliament (MP) from Mumbai North West (Lok Sabha constituency) in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.[1] 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-Bharatiya Janata Party Government.
Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar | |
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Leader Shivsena Parliamentary Party | |
Assumed office 23 March 2023 | |
Preceded by | Sanjay Raut |
Member of Parliament, India | |
Assumed office 16 May 2014 | |
Preceded by | Gurudas Kamat |
Constituency | Mumbai North West |
Cabinet Minister for Information, Public Relations and Transport, Maharashtra | |
In office 1998–1999 | |
Minister of State for Home, Tourism, Maharashtra | |
In office 1995–1998 | |
Member Legislative Assembly, Maharashtra | |
In office 1990–2009 | |
Preceded by | Datta Chaulkar |
Constituency | Malad Vidhansabha |
Personal details | |
Born | (1943-09-03) 3 September 1943 (age 80) Karwar, Bombay Province, British India |
Political party | Shiv Sena |
Children | Amol Kirtikar(Son) |
Residence(s) | Goregaon, Mumbai |
Website | gajanankirtikar.com |
He has been elected to the Parliament of India. In the 2014 General elections (16th Lok Sabha), he defeated Gurudas Kamat, by a margin of approximately 1,83,028 votes, to win from the Mumbai North West constituency in Maharashtra. In the 2019 General elections (17th Lok Sabha), he defeated Sanjay Nirupam, by a margin of 2,60,328 votes.