Date Of Birth: 01/01/1970
Birth Place:Karwar, Karnataka
Party Name:Shiv Sena (SS)
Email ID:gajanan.kirtikar@yahoo.com
Mobile No:09821114872 / 09821114872
Offices Held
| Year | Party | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 23 May 2019-Present | Shiv Sena | Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) |
| 23 Sep. 2016 | Shiv Sena | Member, Sub-Committee-VII (PPP Project) of Public Accounts Committee (2016-17) |
| Nov 2014 - Present | Shiv Sena | Member, National Shipping Board |
| Oct 2014 - Present | Shiv Sena | Member, Telephone Advisory Committee for Mumbai (West-II) |
| 1st Sep 2014 - Present | Shiv Sena | Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports |
| 1st Sep 2014 - Present | Shiv Sena | Member, Standing Committee on Railways |
| 14th Aug 2014 - Present | Shiv Sena | Member, Public Accounts Committee, Government of Maharashtra |
| 2014 - 2019 | Shiv Sena | Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) |
| 1990 - 2009 | Shiv Sena | Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly |
| 1999 - 2009 | Shiv Sena | Chief Whip, Shiv Sena Party, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly |
| 1998 - 1999 | Shiv Sena | Cabinet Minister, Information & Public Relations and Transport, Govt. of Maharashtra |
| 1995 - 1998 | Shiv Sena | Minister of State, Home, Tourism also Guardian Minister for District - Thane, Nanded, Gadchiroli and Vidarbha, Govt. of Maharashtra |
| 1990 - 1995 | Shiv Sena | Chief Whip, Shiv Sena Party, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly |
Education
B.A. (Economics), Ruparel College, Mumbai, 1970
Early & Personal Life
Gajanan Kirtikar is the son of Chandrakant and Ratnaprabha Kirtikar. He is married to Meghana Kirtikar they have one son Amol Kirtikar and two daughters. Gajanan Kirtikar is the organizer of the International Body Building Championship, Mumbai.
Career
Gajanan Kirtikar is a Shiv Sena leader and a two time Member of Parliament from the Mumbai North West Lok sabha constituency in Mumbai. He was elected to the 16th Lok Shabha, in the 2014 general elections, after defeating Gurudas Kamat of the Congress by a margin of 1,83,028 votes and won in 2019 against Sanjay Nirupam.
Gajanan Kirtikar started the Sthaniya Lokadikar Samiti to help local residents get jobs. He was instrumental in the construction of the SRPF Ground in Jogeshwari in Mumbai. His efforts in trying to promote Kabaddi in India, by trying to commercialise it, have been lauded.
Key organisations and groups that Gajanan Kirtikar has presided over are:
1. Sthaniya Lokadhikaar Samitee Mahasangh. (Movement for Rights of Sons of Soil) - (Established in Public Sector Undertakings like ONGC, IOC, BPCL, HPCL, Air India, All Nationalised Banks and Foreign Banks, Mazgaon Dock, Mumbai Port Trust, Railways, Insurance Industry, P&T and other 108 Organisations)
2. Mumbai Suburban Kabaddi Association
3. Bharat Petroleum Employees Union (BPCL)
4. Sandeepani Vidya Niketan Educational Trust
5. Aarey Bhaskar Sports & Welfare Centre
6. Maharashtra State Small-Scale Industries Development Corporation Employees Union (MSSIDC)
Gajanan Kirtikar has been the ex-district incharge of the Employees Provident Fund Union, Maharashtra & Goa State. He was also the incharge of the Shiv Sena Party in Pune District, Jalna, Gadchiroli, Gondiya, Bhandara, Pune, Nagpur and Solapur Districts, all in Maharashtra State, at different stages of his career.
Gajanan Kirtikar has held advisory roles in the following areas:
1) Mumbai Body Building Assocation
2) All India Reserve Bank Employees Association, since 1995
Gajanan Kirtikar has repeatedly emphasised the need for smart development of slum inhabited areas and stressed upon the need for more playgrounds in Mumbai City. He has also spoken about issues faced by semi-skilled workers in the Post and Telegraphs department, and problems faced by the fishing communites in his constitunecy and those of onion growers in Maharasthra.
Political Opinions
Believes there is a need to a review the shifting of Air India's office's from Mumbai to Delhi.
Believes there is a need for a grant of Rs 3 Crore annually to each Member of Parliament to build toilets in their respective constituencies
Thinks there is a need to build a statue of Shivaji Mahraj ar Chatrapati Shivaji Railway Station in Mumbai.
Believes there is a need for identification and deportation of Rohingya people living in India illegally.
References
https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/gajanan-chandrakant-kirtikar
http://www.gajanankirtikar.com/
https://www.prsindia.org/mptrack/gajananchandrakantkirtikar
http://mumbaivotes.com/politicians/31/
http://www.myneta.info/ls2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=5908
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6BzRRjMY3E&t=2s
http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4922
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