Darshana Jardosh (also known as Darshana Vikram Jardosh) (born 21 January 1961) is an Indian politician and a member of the

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. She served as the Member of Parliament in the

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, representing the

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constituency in

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from 2009 to 2024. She also held the position of Minister of State for Railways and Minister of State for Textiles in the Second Modi ministry from 2021 to 2024.

Early life

Darshana Jardosh was born on 21 January 1961 in Surat, Gujarat, to Kanti Naik and Amita Naik. She pursued her education at K.P. College of Commerce in Surat. She is married to Vikram Chandrakant Jardosh and the couple has two children.

Political career

Darshana Jardosh was elected to the

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in 2009 from Surat. In the same year, she demanded the establishment of an

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in Surat to support the diamond trade. In 2012, she criticised Congress MP Tushar Chaudhary for trying to take credit for flight connectivity to Surat, which she and Navsari MP C. R. Patil had campaigned for. She was re-elected in the

2014 Indian general election General elections were held in India in nine phases from 7 April to 12 May 2014 to elect the members of the 16th Lok Sabha. With 834 million registered voters, they were the largest-ever elections in the world until being surpassed by the 2019 ...

with a historic margin of 533,190 votes, which was the highest lead by any woman MP in Indian electoral history after

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. She secured a vote share of 76.6%. In the

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, she was again elected from Surat, receiving 795,651 votes. On 7 July 2021, she took oath as Minister of State for Railways and Minister of State for Textiles in the Government of India.

Electoral record

References

External links

Profile on Government of India website

Darshana Jardosh on Twitter

Darshana Jardosh on Facebook
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