Gajanan Kirtikar
Gajanan Kirtikar
Constituency: Mumbai North West
Born/Date of Birthday: 3 September 1943
Place of Birth: Karwar, Karnataka, India
Political party: Shiv Sena
Educational Qualifications: B.A. (Economics),
Educated at: Mumbai University, Mumbai (Maharashtra)
Profession: Agriculturist, Political and Social Worker
Marital Status: Married
Date of Marriage: 29 Dec 1976
Spouse's Name: Mrs. Vidisha Gajanan Kirtikar
No. of Sons: Amol Kirtikar
No.of Daughters: 2
Parents: Shri Chandrakant Kirtikar, Smt. Ratnaprabha
Permanent Address: 503, Snehadeep Pahadi School, RD 2,Aaray Road, Goregaon (East), Mumbai - 400 063, Maharashtra
Telefax : (022) 29270262, 09821114872 (M)
Official Website: gajanankirtikar.com
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 Parliament of India. In the 2014 General elections (16th Lok Sabha), he defeated Gurudas Kamat, by a margin of approximately 1,83,000 votes, to win from the Mumbai North West constituency in Maharashtra.
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
