Career
During 14th Lok Sabha he was the Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs in the Manmohan Singh government till 6 April 2008 when he was asked to quit. He alleges that Indian National Congress President Sonia Gandhi told him that she was under tremendous pressure to remove him. He was elected for the consecutive 9th time from the Nandurbar constituency in the Indian general election, 2009.
Gavit had been appointed as pro tem Speaker of 15th Lok Sabha by President Pratibha Patil.
As pro tem speaker, he performed the duties of the Speaker till the election of a new Speaker. He served as minister of state for Social Justice department.
In the 2014 general elections, Manikrao Gavit lost the Nandurbar seat to Heena Gavit by a margin of 106905 votes.
