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| Office | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
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| Term start | 3 April 2024
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| Predecessor | V. Muraleedharan
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| Constituency | Maharashtra
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| Born | 1970-11-19 (age 56) |
| Born | Nanded, Nanded district, Maharashtra
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| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Template:Marriage |
| Children | 1 son, 1 daughter |
| Alma mater | Swami Ramanand Teerth Rural Medical College Government Medical College, Aurangabad
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Dr. Ajit Madhavrao Gopchade is an Indian politician and activist from Maharashra, who is serving as Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra state since 2024.[1] He is representing Bharatiya Janata Party.[2]
Early career
In 1992, Gopchade has finished his study on MBBS and joined with a group of over 300 Hindutva youth activists to Ayodhya for "karseva," or serving Lord Ram.[3] 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 Masjit's three domes.[4]
Political career
After completing his 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.[5]
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.[6]
Rajya Sabha member (2024–present)
In 2024, he was nominated to Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra by BJP along with his colleagues Medha Kulkarni and Ashok Chavan.[7]
References
- ↑ Rajya Sabha Elections 2024: Full list of winners in polls to 56 Upper House seats. Financialexpress(2024-02-27). Retrieved 2024-02-28.
- ↑ "Didn't expect my candidature": BJP's Ajit Gopchade on RS nomination from Maharashtra. ANI News(2024-02-15). Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ↑ Photos Of BJP's Ajeet Gopchade Atop Babri Masjid During 1992 Demolition Go Viral After His Rajya Sabha Nomination. Free Press Journal. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ↑ A karsevak part of Babri demolition, a Congress turncoat and a woman professor: BJP's RS choices from Maharashtra. The Indian Express(2024-02-14). Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ↑ Rajya Sabha : कोण आहेत अजित गोपछडे व मेधा कुलकर्णी? ज्यांना भाजपकडून राज्यसभेची उमेदवारी, Londhe, Shrikant Ashok. Hindustan Times Marathi. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ↑ Rajya Sabha poll ticket for 'proud' Ram Janmabhoomi karsevak Ajit Gopchade. The Telegraph(17 February 2024). Retrieved 2024-07-03.
- ↑ Why BJP cleared Congress path in Rajya Sabha polls in Maharashtra. India Today(17 February 2024). Retrieved 2024-07-03.