Sunil Baliram Gaikwad (born 19 June 1970) is an Indian politician from

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(BJP). He represented

Latur Latur(लातूर) is a city in Indian state of Maharashtra, and is one of the largest cities of the Marathwada region. It is the administrative headquarters of Latur district and Latur Taluka. The city is a tourist hub surrounded by many ...

, Maharashtra in the

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Early life and education

Sunil Gaikwad was born to Shri Baliram Gaikwad and his wife Vatsala Gaikwad at Ambulga village of Latur district.

Political career

Gaikwad lost the Latur Lok Sabha seat by around 7000 votes in 2009. He won

2014 Lok Sabha elections 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 ...

from

. In 2017, he alleged he was being ill-treated at airports because he shared the same surname as Ravindra Gaikwad, who had assaulted an airline employee. In 2019, BJP replaced him with Sudhakar Shringare.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gaikwad, Sunil People from Latur district 1970 births India MPs 2014–2019 Living people Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra People from Marathwada Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra