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Ravindra Gaikwad | |
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| Member of theIndia Parliament forOsmanabad | |
| In office May 2014 – May 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Padamsinh Bajirao Patil |
| Succeeded by | Omprakash Rajenimbalkar |
| Member of theMaharashtra Legislative Assembly forUmarga | |
| In office 2004–2009 | |
| Preceded by | Basavraj Madhavrao Patil |
| Succeeded by | Dnyanraj Chougule |
| In office 1995–1999 | |
| Preceded by | Kazi Abdul Khalek A. Kadar |
| Succeeded by | Basavraj Madhavrao Patil |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1960-04-27)27 April 1960 (age 64) Solapur,Bombay State,India |
| Political party | Shiv Sena |
| Alma mater | Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University |
Ravindra Vishwanath Gaikwad (born 27 April 1960)[1] is an Indian politician associated withShiv Sena, and was a member of the 16thLok Sabha ofIndia from 2014 to 2019 as a member of that party. He did not contest Lok Sabha elections in 2019. In 2014, he had contested fromOsmanabad constituency ofMaharashtra, and defeated sittingMPPadamsinha Bajirao Patil who contested fromNationalist Congress Party by 235,325 votes by obtaining 607,699 votes against 373,374.[2][3] Before 2014, he was a two timeMLA fromomerga constituency. He has also been the Chairman of Killari Sugar Factory. He is a director on the agriculture board committee in the Central Government of India. His son Kiran Ravindra Gaikwad lost the Zilla parishad Osmanabad election from kunhali constituency. The loss to prakash Ashte was widely discussed in media.
Ravindra Gaikwad himself has various criminal charges against him which include voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servants from duty, criminal intimidation and rioting among others.[4][5]
On 23 March 2017, while travelling toDelhi fromPune, he was accused of hitting anAir India staff with his shoe 25 times and attempting to throw him out of the plane. This act led all of the Indian Airline companies to impose aNo-Fly ban on him. He mentioned that he is not aBJP member to tolerate the scolding. Delhi police filed two criminal charges on him: one for hitting the government staff on duty and the other for taking the plane ransom without departing from the plane.[6] He has been designated as the first person to the NoFly list in India.[7][8] The incident happened when the Air India flight AI852 from Pune reached Delhi around 10.30 a.m. on March 23, 2017.[9]
Earlier, in 2014 he was in a row over trying to force-feed aMuslim caterer during the fasting month ofRamzan.[10][11]
In April 2017, Ravindra Gaikwad and his supporters were booked for unlawful assembly, misbehaviour and causing disorder at a public place following an incident in Latur, Maharashtra, where he allegedly behaved rudely with police officials, staged an agitation and shouted slogans.[12] This was in response to his inability to get money from an ATM. He expressed concerns about lack of availability of cash despite significant passage of time after demonetization. He expressed a view that it was the Union Finance Minister as well as the Maharashtra Finance Minister's responsibility to rectify the situation.[13]