Gajanan Kirtikar is Leader of Shivsena and a Member of Parliament (MP) from Mumbai North West (Lok Sabha constituency) in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. 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.
He has been elected to the lower house of 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.
Positions held 1990: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (1st term) 1995: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (2nd term) 1995-98: Minister of State for Home, Tourism, Maharashtra 1998-99: Cabinet Minister for Information, Public Relations and Transport, Maharashtra State 1999: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (3rd term) 2004: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (4th term) 2006: President, Sthaniy Lokadhikar Samiti Mahasangha 2007 Onwards: Leader, Shiv Sena 2010: President, Mumbai Upnagar Kabaddi Association 2014: Elected to 16th Lok Sabha 2019: Elected to 17th Lok Sabha 2023: Appointed as Shiv Sena's leader of Parliamentary Party
See also Manohar Joshi ministry Narayan Rane ministry
References
External links Shiv Sena official website Gajanan Kirtikar Lok Sabha Profile Shiv Sena fields new faces from Mumbai Cong, NCP repose faith in sitting MPs in Mumbai मराठी मते यावेळी विभागणार नाहीत – गजानन कीर्तिकर