Kirit Premjibhai Solanki

Kirit Premjibhai Solanki
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
16 May 2009[1] – 2024
Succeeded byDineshbhai Makwana
ConstituencyAhmedabad West
Personal details
Born (1950-06-17) 17 June 1950 (age 74).[1]
Kamboi, (Gujarat).
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseMrs. Manjula Solanki
Children2 son & daughter
Parent(s)Mr. Premjibhai Solanki
Mrs. Shantaben Solanki
ResidenceAhmedabad & New Delhi
Alma materSmt. NHL Municipal Medical College
ProfessionMedical Practitioner
Surgeon
Politician
CommitteesWelfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Standing Committee - Finance
AwardsDr. B. C. Roy Award (Socio Medical relief) 2017

Shreshth Sansad Award by Fame India 2019

Shreshth Sansad Award by Fame India 2018 (Asia Post Survey)

Kirit Premjibhai Solanki (b 1950) is an Indian Politician and medical practitioner (laparoscopic surgeon) who has been elected Member of Parliament of India for three consecutive terms (15th, 16th and 17th Lok Sabha).[2] He represents the Ahmedabad West constituency of Gujarat and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party.[1] Currently, he has been appointed as the chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. He is also part of the panel of chairpersons who preside over the House in the absence of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker.[3] He is one of the most active members in the parliament and had nearly 100% attendance in the 15th and 16th Lok Sabha.[4] He has been awarded the Shreshth Sansad Award consecutively twice in 2018 and 2019 for his active work in the parliament and constituency.[5][6][7]

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  2. ^ "Members : Lok Sabha". 164.100.47.194. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Four BJP members nominated to panel of chairpersons in LS". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Kirit Premjibhai Solanki". PRSIndia. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  5. ^ "फेम इंडिया श्रेष्ठ सांसद अवार्ड 2018 : पप्पू यादव को मिला बेजोड़ सांसद का सम्मान". www.patrika.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  6. ^ The Economic Times (16 May 2014). "Election Results 2014: 24 BJP nominees win by margin of more than 1 lakh votes". Archived from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  7. ^ The Economic Times (19 May 2014). "21 out of 26 candidates elected to Lok Sabha from Gujarat are crorepatis". Archived from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.