Darshana Jardosh
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Darshana Jardosh | |
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| Minister of State for Railways | |
| Assumed office 7 July 2021 Serving with Raosaheb Danve | |
| President | Ram Nath Kovind Droupadi Murmu |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Minister | Ashwini Vaishnaw |
| Preceded by | Suresh Angadi |
| Minister of State for Textiles | |
| Assumed office 7 July 2021 | |
| President | Ram Nath Kovind Droupadi Murmu |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Minister | Piyush Goyal |
| Preceded by | Ajay Tamta |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 16 May 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Kashiram Rana |
| Constituency | Surat |
| General Secretary of National BJP Mahila Morcha | |
| Assumed office 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 January 1961 Surat, Gujarat, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Vikram Chandrakant Jardosh |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Surat |
| Alma mater | K.P. College of Commerce, Surat |
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[edit]
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 533,190 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 795,651 votes. She took oath as a Minister of State for Railways on 7 July 2021 during Narendra Modi's ministry expansion at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
References[edit]
- ^ "Jardosh, Patil lash out at Centre". Surat. Daily News and Analysis. 13 August 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ "Strong demand by MPs to raise MPLAD fund". New Delhi. The Hindustan Times. 14 July 2009. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ Thomas, Melvyn (31 January 2012). "SpiceJet spices up Surat politics". Surat. Times of India. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ "Congress, BJP candidates file nominations for Surat seat". Surat. Times of India. 8 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
External links[edit]
- Detailed Profile in the Government of India portal
- Darshana Jardosh on Twitter
- Darshana Jardosh on Facebook
- 1961 births
- Living people
- India MPs 2009–2014
- People from Surat
- Women in Gujarat politics
- Lok Sabha members from Gujarat
- India MPs 2014–2019
- Ahmedabad municipal councillors
- 21st-century Indian women politicians
- 21st-century Indian politicians
- Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat
- Politicians from Surat
- India MPs 2019–present
- Narendra Modi ministry
- Women union ministers of state of India
- Women members of the Lok Sabha