Gajanan Kirtikar

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 lower house of the Parliament of India. In the 2014 General elections (16th Lok Sabha), 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 (17th Lok Sabha), he defeated Sanjay Nirupam, by a margin of 2,60,328 votes.

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 2023: Appointed as Shiv Sena's leader of Parliamentary Party