Party Name : Shiv Sena
Constituency : Mumbai-North-West
State : Maharashtra
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 2 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17
Father's Name : Shri Chandrakant Kirtikar
Mother's Name : Smt. Ratnaprabha
Date of birth : 03 Sep 1943
Profession : Agriculturist Political and Social Worker
Positions held :
1990 - 2009 Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (Four Terms)1990 - 1995 & 1999 - 2009 Chief Whip, Shiv Sena Party, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly1995 - 1998 Minister of State, Home, Tourism also Guardian Minister for District - Thane, Nanded, Gadchiroli and Vidarbha, Govt. of Maharashtra1998 - 1999 Cabinet Minister, Information & Public Relations and Transport, Govt. of MaharashtraMay, 2014 Elected to 16th Lok Sabha14 Aug. 2014 - 25 May 2019 Member, Public Accounts Committee1 Sep. 2014 - 25 May 2019 Member, Standing Committee on RailwaysMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; Ministry of Youth Affairs and SportsOct. 2014- 25 May 2019 Member, Telephone Advisory Committee for Mumbai (West-II)Nov. 2014 - 25 May 2019 Member, National Shipping Board.23 Sep. 2016 Member, Sub-Committee-VII (PPP Project) of Public Accounts Committee (2016-17)May, 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (2nd term)13 Sept. 2019 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Home AffairsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
More Information :
Books Published
"Lokadhikar Ani Me" (2008)
Social And Cultural Activities
Work to overcome unemployment, arranged free preparatory classes for competitive examinations ; being General Secretary of Sthaniya Lokadhikar Samiti Mahasangh, right from its inception and President from 2006, about two lakhs of local youths have been employed through various Banks, Insurance Companies, Financial Institutions, Govt. and semi-govt. offices and Oil companies
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading books especially on the subject Revolution & Revolutionary, eg Savarkar, Latin America’s Revolutionary Rise and Fall of third reich (Hitler) written by Willum Sherir and many others pertaining to this field
Sports and Clubs
Chairman, Maharashtra Kabaddi Association ; President, Mumbai Upnagar Kabaddi Association having over 550 Clubs affiliation and engaged in organizing national and international tournaments; Advisor, Indian Body Building Federation (I.B.B.F), Honoured as a chief patron by World Bodybuilding & Physic Sport Federation (W.B.P.F.), successfully organized W.B.P.F. Championship 2014, first time in India in which 145 countries shared common stage for the Championship
Countries Visited
Belgium, Egypt, Germany, Scotland and U.K.
Other Information
Worked with Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in Department of Economics and Physical analysis for 25 years; after resigning, contested first election in 1990 and won 04 Assembly elections consecutively
