Heena Gavit
Heena Gavit (हीना गावित)
Constituency: Nandurbar
Date of Birthday: 28 Jun 1987
Place of Birth: Nandurbar, Maharashtra
Political Party: Bharatiya Janata Party
Educational Qualifications: M.B.B.S., M.D. (General Medicine), LL.B.
Educated at: Terna Medical College, Nerul, Navi Mumbai; Grant Government Medical College, Sir Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy Group of Hospitals, Byculla, and K.C. Law College, Mumbai
Profession: Medical Practitioner, Social Worker
Marital Status: Unmarried
Parents: Dr. Vijaykumar Krishnarao Gavit, Dr. Kumudini Vijaykumar Gavit
Uncle: Rajendra Gavit
Permanent Address: Plot No.6, Viral Vihar Colony, Khodai Mata Road, Nandurbar-425412, Maharashtra
Dr. Heena Gavit is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Maharashtra. She is a member of the 17th Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian Parliament) from the Nandurbar constituency.She is a National Spokesperson of the BJP.
Professional career
Dr. Heena Gavit is the daughter of Dr Vijaykumar Gavit, a Bharatiya Janata Party & Ex-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA from the Nandurbar Assembly constituency. She is a doctor by profession.
Political career
In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, she defeated Manikrao Hodlya Gavit, a nine-time MP from Nandurbar. Manikrao's Indian National Congress held the seat since 1981. Heena's victory of margin was 106905 votes.
Along with Raksha Khadse, she became the youngest MP in the 16th Lok Sabha.
Controversy
On 5 August 2018, the protesters who were observing a dharna outside the Dhule Collector's office for the past 16 days attacked Heena Gavit's car.
