Darshana Jardosh

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Darshana Jardosh
The Minister of State for Textiles and Railways, Smt. Darshana Vikram Jardosh addressing at the 7th National Handloom Day, in New Delhi on August 07, 2021.jpg
Minister of State for Railways
Assumed office
7 July 2021
Serving with Raosaheb Danve
PresidentRam Nath Kovind
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
MinisterAshwini Vaishnaw
Preceded bySuresh Angadi
Minister of State for Textiles
Assumed office
7 July 2021
PresidentRam Nath Kovind
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
MinisterPiyush Goyal
Preceded byAjay Tamta
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
16 May 2009
Preceded byKashiram Rana
ConstituencySurat
General Secretary of National BJP Mahila Morcha
Assumed office
2012
Personal details
Born (1961-01-21) 21 January 1961 (age 63)
Surat, Gujarat, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)Vikram Chandrakant Jardosh
Children2
ResidenceSurat
Alma materK.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 5,33,190 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 7,95,651 votes.

she take oath as a Minister of State at 7th july 2021 during modi ministry expansion at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Jardosh, Patil lash out at Centre". Surat. Daily News and Analysis. 13 August 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ Thomas, Melvyn (31 January 2012). "SpiceJet spices up Surat politics". Surat. Times of India. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "Congress, BJP candidates file nominations for Surat seat". Surat. Times of India. 8 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.

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Preceded by
Kashiram Rana 		15th Lok Sabha
2009–2014 		Succeeded by
Incumbent


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