Gajanan Kirtikar
Gajanan Kirtikar is Leader of Shivsena and a Member of Parliament 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, 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, he defeated Sanjay Nirupam, by a margin of 2,60,328 votes.
Positions held
- 1990: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- 1995: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- 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
- 2004: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- 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