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{{Short description|Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Ajit Gopchade.png
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| term_start = 3 April 2024
| predecessor = [[V. Muraleedharan]]
| constituency = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Maharashtra|Maharashtra]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1970|11|19}}
| birth_place = [[Nanded]], [[Nanded district]], [[Maharashtra]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Chetna Gopchade|1999}}
| children = 1 son, 1 daughter
| father = Madhavrao Gopchade
| mother = Rukminibai Gopchade
| education = [[M.B.B.S.]], [[M.D.|M.D. (Paediatrics)]]
| alma_mater = [[Swami Ramanand Teerth Rural Medical College]]<br/>[[Government Medical College, Aurangabad]]
| profession = Doctor, Politician
}}

'''Dr. Ajit Madhavrao Gopchade''' is an [[Politics of India|Indian politician]] and activist from [[Maharashtra|Maharashra]], who is serving as [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]] from Maharashtra state since 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-27 |title=Rajya Sabha Elections 2024: Full list of winners in polls to 56 Upper House seats |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/rajya-sabha-elections-2024-full-list-of-winners-in-polls-to-56-upper-house-seats/3406893/ |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=Financialexpress |language=en}}</ref> He is representing [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=ANI |date=2024-02-15 |title="Didn't expect my candidature": BJP's Ajit Gopchade on RS nomination from Maharashtra |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/politics/didnt-expect-my-candidature-bjps-raja-ajit-gopchade-on-rs-nomination-from-maharashtra20240215045950/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |work=[[ANI News]]}}</ref>

== Early career ==
In 1992, Gopchade has finished his study on [[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery|MBBS]] and joined with a group of over 300 Hindutva youth activists to [[Ayodhya]] for "karseva," or serving Lord Ram.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Photos Of BJP's Ajeet Gopchade Atop Babri Masjid During 1992 Demolition Go Viral After His Rajya Sabha Nomination |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/photos-of-bjps-ajeet-gopchade-atop-babri-masjid-during-1992-demolition-go-viral-after-his-rajya-sabha-nomination |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Free Press Journal |language=en}}</ref> He admitted that he was in the widely shared 6 December 1992, picture of a group of young people gleefully standing atop one of the [[Babri Masjid|Babri Masjit]]'s three domes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-14 |title=A karsevak part of Babri demolition, a Congress turncoat and a woman professor: BJP's RS choices from Maharashtra |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/maharashtra-bjp-ashok-chavan-medha-kulkarni-ajit-gopchade-rajya-sabha-polls-9161355/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

== Political career ==
After completing his [[Doctor of Medicine|M.D.]] at a government medical college, he joined the [[BJP]] and functioned as the convener of the party's doctors' cell. He was then elevated to the position of party vice-president in the state.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Londhe |first=Shrikant Ashok |title=Rajya Sabha : कोण आहेत अजित गोपछडे व मेधा कुलकर्णी? ज्यांना भाजपकडून राज्यसभेची उमेदवारी |url=https://marathi.hindustantimes.com/maharashtra/who-is-dr-ajit-gopchade-and-medha-kulkarni-why-bjp-announces-their-name-as-rajya-sabha-candidate-141707912523252.html |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Hindustan Times Marathi |language=mr}}</ref>

Because of his capacity to organize and his proactive involvement in setting up medical camps during COVID-19, the BJP has suggested that he run for the Maharashtra Legislative Council elections in May 2020. But at the last moment, his name was omitted.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Rajya Sabha poll ticket for 'proud' Ram Janmabhoomi karsevak Ajit Gopchade |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/rajya-sabha-poll-ticket-for-proud-ram-janmabhoomi-karsevak-ajit-gopchade/cid/2001033 |access-date=2024-07-03 |newspaper=The Telegraph | location=India | first=J. P. | last=Yadav | date=17 February 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

== Rajya Sabha member (2024–present) ==
In 2024, he was nominated to Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra by BJP along with his colleagues [[Medha Vishram Kulkarni|Medha Kulkarni]] and [[Ashok Chavan]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Why BJP cleared Congress path in Rajya Sabha polls in Maharashtra |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india-today-insight/story/why-bjp-cleared-congress-path-in-rajya-sabha-polls-in-maharashtra-2503403-2024-02-17 |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=India Today |language=en | first=Dhaval S. | last=Kulkarni | date=17 February 2024}}</ref>

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Pandit debotosh dey at 20:06, 18 April 2026