Sanjay Gaikwad

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

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| name = Sanjay Gaikwad

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| office = Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

| term_start = November 2024

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| constituency = Buldhana

| office1 = Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

| term_start1 = October 2019

| term_end1 = October 2024

| constituency1 = Buldhana

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| party =25px Shiv Sena{{cite web | title=Shiv Sena Shinde Faction MLA Sanjay Gaikwad Launches Tirade Against Voters, Accuses Them Of Hawking Votes For Mutton, Alcohol, & Moolah | website=Free Press Journal | date=2025-01-06 | url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/shiv-sena-shinde-faction-mla-sanjay-gaikwad-launches-tirade-against-voters-accuses-them-of-hawking-votes-for-mutton-alcohol-moolah | access-date=2025-01-28}}

| nationality = Indian

| occupation = Politician

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Sanjay Gaikwad is an Indian politician serving as a MLA in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Buldhana Vidhan Sabha constituency as a member of Shiv Sena.{{cite web|url=http://results.eci.gov.in/ACOCT2019/ConstituencywiseS1325.htm?ac=22 | title = Buldhana Vidhan Sabha constituency result 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/maharashtra/assembly-constituencies/buldhana.html | title = Sitting and previous MLAs from Buldhana Assembly Constituency}}{{cite news |last1=Election Commission of India |date=23 November 2024 |title=Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Buldhana |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2024/candidateswise-S1322.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241128190459/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2024/candidateswise-S1322.htm |archive-date=28 November 2024 |access-date=28 November 2024}} He became MLA for the first time by winning the constituency with a narrow margin of 841 seats in the 2019 assembly elections.{{cite news |last1=Hindustantimes |date=23 November 2024 |title=Lowest win margins in Maharashtra, one candidate won by just 162 votes |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/lowest-win-margins-in-maharashtra-elections-one-candidate-won-by-just-208-votes-101732374888233.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241128190435/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/lowest-win-margins-in-maharashtra-elections-one-candidate-won-by-just-208-votes-101732374888233.html |archive-date=28 November 2024 |access-date=28 November 2024}} In 2024 assembly elections, he again won the seat.{{cite news |last1=Election Commission of India |title=Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Buldhana |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2024/candidateswise-S1322.htm |access-date=28 November 2024 |date=23 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241128190459/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2024/candidateswise-S1322.htm |archive-date=28 November 2024}}

In September 2024, before the assembly elections, he announced a price of {{INRConvert|11|l}} for chopping Rahul Gandhi's tongue after Gandhi commented to end reservations in India.{{cite web | url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/eknath-shinde-shiv-sena-mla-sanjay-gaikwad-announces-reward-of-rs-11-lakh-to-chop-rahul-gandhi-s-tongue-maharashtra-11726473726317.html | title=Shiv Sena MLA announces reward of ₹11 lakh to ’chop Rahul Gandhi’s tongue’; sparks controversy | publisher=Live Mint | date=16 September 2024 | accessdate=10 December 2024}}