Darshana Jardosh

Darshana Jardosh
	File:File:The Minister of State for Textiles and Railways, Smt. Darshana Vikram Jardosh addressing at the 7th National Handloom Day, in New Delhi on August 07, 2021.jpg
Office	Minister of State for Railways
Office	Minister of State for Textiles ;
Office	Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Office	General Secretary of National BJP Mahila Morcha
Term start	7 July 2021 ;
Predecessor	Suresh Angadi ;
Predecessor	Ajay Tamta ; ; ;
Born	1961-1-21 (age 65)
Born	Surat, Gujarat, India ; ; ; ;
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Vikram Chandrakant Jardosh
Children	2
Alma mater	K.P. College of Commerce, Surat ; ;

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Darshana Jardosh (born 21 January 1961) is an Indian politician and currently serving as Union State Minister of Railways and Union State Minister of Textiles. She is member of the Lok Sabha representing the Surat constituency in Gujarat. She is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and was elected to 15th Lok Sabha in 2009,^[1] following by to 16th Lok Sabha in 2014 and 17th Lok Sabha in 2019.

Career

She was elected to 15th Lok Sabha in 2009.

In 2009, she demanded that the government set up an international airport in Surat to boost diamond trade.^[2] In 2012, she criticised Congress MP Tushar Chaudhary for trying to take credit for flight connectivity to Surat, which she and Navasari MP CR Patil campaigned for.^[3]

She was re-elected as the Member of Parliament in the 2014 elections to the Lok Sabha from Surat. She won with a historic margin of 5,33,190 votes which is the highest lead by any woman MP in Indian Electoral History after Smt.Indira Gandhi and the 4th highest lead in the 2014 elections. She won with a 76.6% vote share which is a record for the 2014 elections.^[4]

She was re-elected as the Member of Parliament in the 2019 elections to the Lok Sabha from surat with 7,95,651 votes.

she take oath as a Minister of State at 7th july 2021 during modi ministry expansion at Rashtrapati Bhavan.