Raksha Khadse

Raksha Nikhil Khadse Raksha Nikhil Khadse
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office May 2014
Opponent	Doctor Ulahas Patil of Congress
Preceded by	Haribhau Jawale
Constituency	Raver
Personal details
Born	Priyanka Jagdish Patel
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Late Nikhil Khadse
Relations	Eknath Khadse(Father-in-law)
Parent	Jagdish Mohan Patel (father) Anita Patel(mother)
Profession	Politician
Website	http://www.rakshataikhadse.in
As of 28 February, 2015 Source: [1]

Raksha Khadse is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Maharashtra. She is a member of the 16th Lok Sabha and 17th Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian Parliament) from the Raver constituency.

Personal life

Raksha Khadse is the daughter-in-law of senior BJP leader of Maharashtra Eknath Khadse. She is the widow of his son Nikhil Khadse.

Career

Celebration procession at Chinawal in Jalgaon district after Raksha Khadse and BJP's victory in 2014 Indian general election

Khadse was Sarpanch and later she was elected to Jalgaon Zila Parishad. 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.

At the age of 26, she along with Heena Gavit, became the youngest MP in the 16th Lok Sabha.

• 2010 to 2012 Sarpanch, 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 till date Member of Parliament, Raver Loksabha COnstituency, Maharashtra.