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Manikrao Hodlya Gavit
Gavit in 2013
Pro-tem Speaker of the Lok Sabha
In office
1 June 2009 – 4 June 2009
Succeeded byMeira Kumar
(as Speaker of the Lok Sabha)
Member of the Lok Sabha
In office
1981 (bye-election) – May 2014
ConstituencyNandurbar
Personal details
Born29 October 1934
Dhudipada, Nandurbar District, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died17 September 2022(2022-09-17) (aged 87)
Nashik, Maharashtra, India
Political partyIndian National Congress

Manikrao Hodlya Gavit (Marathi: माणिकराव होडल्या गावित; 29 October 1934 – 17 September 2022)[1] was an Indian politician from Nandurbar district of Maharashtra, India. A member of the Indian National Congress (INC), he represented the Nandurbar constituency from 1980 to 2014, winning the Indian general elections consecutive nine times, marking a record.[2]

Gavit served as a member of the 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th Lok Sabha. In his 14th parliamentary term, he was Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs in the Manmohan Singh government until 6 April 2008, when he was asked to resign.[3][4] He alleged that Indian National Congress President Sonia Gandhi told him that she was under pressure to remove him.[citation needed] He was elected for the consecutive ninth time from the Nandurbar constituency in the 2009 Indian general election.

Gavit had been appointed a pro-tem speaker of 15th Lok Sabha by President Pratibha Patil. As pro-tem speaker, he performed the Speaker's duties until the election of a new Speaker of the Lok Sabha.[5] He served as Minister of State for the Social Justice department.

Positions held

Following were some of the political affiliations and representations of Manikrao Gavit.[6]

In the 2014 general elections, Manikrao Gavit lost the Nandurbar seat to Heena Gavit by a margin of 106,905 votes.[8]

References

  1. ^ Congress leader and former Union minister Manikrao Gavit passes away
  2. ^ "Lok Sabha veterans with a difference". The Times of India. 23 April 2004. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  3. ^ "English Releases".
  4. ^ "Eight-term MP Gavit threatens to leave Congress". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  5. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20090601100839/http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/31/stories/2009053150270100.htm Gavit appointed as pro tem Speaker.
  6. ^ "Detailed Profile - Shri Manikrao Hodlya Gavit - Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha) - Who's Who - Government: National Portal of India". Archived from the original on 31 December 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Shri Manikrao H. Gavit Takes Charge as Minister of State for Social Justice & Empowerment". punarbhava.in. Archived from the original on 31 December 2016.
  8. ^ "Constituency-wise results for Lok Sabha Elections 2014". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2014.

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Second Manmohan Singh ministry
Members of the 15th Lok Sabha from Maharashtra
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