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Kirori Lal Meena to Contest from Dausa Constituency as an Independent Candidate

Apr 14

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Kirori Lal Meena - Veteran Political Leader - Contesting as Individual from Dausa

Kirori Lal Meena - Veteran Political Leader - Contesting as Individual from Dausa

Veteran Meena community leader Kirori Lal Meena has decided to contest from Dausa as an independent candidate in this year’s General Elections. He has left Congress as he got dissatisfied with the negotiations over Lok Sabha seat distribution in Rajasthan.

Meena’s Moves from BJP to Congress – Past Political Events

Last Year, KL Meena  left a ministerial berth in the Vasundhara Raje government in protest against what he called her bad governance.

Congress failed to get a clear majority in the 200-member state assembly elections. Meena and his wife Golma Devi along with other independent MLAs helped Congress and Ashok Gehlot secure a majority

During the assembly elections it was Kirori Lal who managed to single-handedly dent BJP’s prospects by ditching his old party.  Meenas, a community known to vote bank, handed over Kirori Lal and his supporters a thumping victory which helped prop Congress to power when it fell short of the majority mark.

KL Meena’s Tussle with Congress Over Lok Sabha Seat Distribution

The Meena leader’s relationship with the Congress began chafing over the party ticket from the now reserved Dausa constituency. Kirori Lal claimed that he has been insulted by the Congress, particularly Union Minister Namo Narain Meena, who is also in the fray for Dausa.

Golma Devi, a Minister of State in Gehlot government resigned last week over alleged rifts between the Congress and her husband Kirori Lal Meena who is understood to have proposed his own candidates in seven Parliamentary seats to which Congress did not agree.

A View on Dr. Kirodi Lal Meena’s  Profile

Dr. Kirodi Lal Meena is the minister with cabinet rank in Government of Rajasthan with portfolio of food and civil supplies. He was born in 1951 in Sawai Madhopur district and has done MBBS.

He was elected to Lok Sabha in 1989 from Sawai Madhopur constituency. He was first elected to Rajasthan Legislative Assembly in 1985 from Mahuva.

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Kiran Maheshwari – BJP candidate for Ajmer Parliamentary Constituency of Rajasthan

Apr 13

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Kiran Maheshwari for Ajmer Parliamentary Constituency, Rajasthan Elections

Kiran Maheshwari for Ajmer Parliamentary Constituency, Rajasthan Elections

Kiran Maheshwari is the BJP Candidate for Ajmer Parliamentary Constituency of Rajasthan State in General Elections India 2009. She will Contest against Congress candidate Sachin Pilot.

Political Career

Maheshwari had won from Udaipur Lok Sabha seat in 2004 against Congress leader Girija Vyas, but after delimitation Udaipur became a Scheduled Tribe seat. She resigned as MP late last year and successfully contested the Assembly elections from Rajsamand. Barely four months after her election as an MLA, she is now again aspiring to be an MP from Ajmer.

After getting Nominated as a Candidate, she claimed that after winning the elections, she would solve every problem of the district and her preferences are to extend the broad gauge in Ajmer and provide 24 hours drinking water supply.

When asked if her being an MLA and now vying for the Ajmer seat could send a wrong message to voters in her assembly seat, she replied, “I am not the only MP who is contesting elections while being an MLA. There are many political leaders who while being MLAs are in fray for Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.”

Why She is Nominated from Ajmer?

Kiran’s candidature reflects that party had difficulty in finding a suitable candidate against Sachin Pilot, who is contesting from Ajmer after a major chunk of Gujjar vote bank was attached to the constituency after delimitation.

But BJP analysts have other things in mind that Kiran would help Rasa Singh Rawat who is contesting from Rajsamand and in return Rawat would provide his Rawat community vote bank.

Rasa Singh Rawat has won the Ajmer seat five times in past elections because of Rawat vote bank.

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Congress Announces Second List of candidates for General Elections from Rajasthan

Apr 11

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Congress Anounces More Candidates for General Elections in Rajasthan

Congress Anounces More Candidates for General Elections in Rajasthan

Congress has announced the names of six candidates from Rajasthan for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2009. The list was finalized in a meeting of the Central Election Committee of the Congress Party, chaired by its President Sonia Gandhi on Friday.

Who will Contest in Elections From Congress in Rajasthan?

Union Minister Namo Narayan Meena is among the six candidates from Tonk-Sawai Madhopur constituency announced by the Congress. Meena is a sitting MP from Sawai Madhopur, an ST-reserved constituency that has now been restructured as general Tonk-Sawai Madhopur seat.

Congress second list has a surprise inclusion in the form of Divya Singh from Jaipur rural seat. Wife of Bharatpur royal scion, Vishvendra Singh, Divya was a BJP MLA from Deeg and the couple had joined Congress on the eve of the assembly polls after she was replaced by Digambar Singh from newly carved Deeg-Kumher seat.

She was also MP from Bharatpur LS seat before her husband won from there in 2004 as BJP candidate. Bharatpur is now reserved for SC category and Divya has been fielded from Jaipur rural eyeing a decisive presence of Jat vote bank.

Congress’s Churu candidate Rafique Mandelia, is a relative of Churu MLA Maqbool Mandelia. He is the only Muslim candidate in the party’s list so far.

Ijjeyaraj Singh, the candidate from Kota, is son of Kota ex-royal, Brijraj Singh, the four-time MP from Jhalwar.

Other candidates includes  Mahadev Singh Khandela and Khilari Lal Bairwa will be nominated for Sikar and Karauli-Dholpur seats respectively.

The party, however, could not announce its candidate from Alwar. Its nominee Bhanwar Jitendra Singh had expressed reluctance in contesting from the seat owing to health reasons.

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Manvendra Singh – BJP candidate for Barmer Parliamentary Constituency of Rajasthan

Apr 10

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Manvendra Singh - BJP Candidate from Barmer Constituency Rajasthan

Manvendra Singh - BJP Candidate from Barmer Constituency Rajasthan

Manvendra Singh is the BJP candidate for Barmer Parliamentary Constituency of Rajasthan State in General Elections India 2009.

Manvendra Singh Profile

Manvendra is son of Jaswant Singh, the former Finance Minister of India.

He was elected to Lok Sabha member by defeating Sona Ram of the Indian National Congress in 2004 .  Presently he  represents the Barmer constituency of Rajasthan and is an active member of  Defense and Industry Committees and Local Area Development department .

Academic Qualifications

Born in 1964 in Jodhpur, he completed his schooling from Mayo College and has an MA, having studied at Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts and the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.

Journalist by Profession

He is a journalist by profession and was a columnist for Indian Express before entering politics. He is also a captain in the Territorial Army and he is fond of footbal game.

Jaswant Singh nominated from Darjeeling Parliamentary constituency

Senior BJP leader  Jaswant Singh (father of Manvendra Singh)  filed his nomination from Darjeeling Parliamentary constituency. Jaswant Singh, who hails from Rajasthan, decided to contest from Darjeeling, after the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) supported his candidature.

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Sachin Pilot – Congress Candidate for Ajmer Parliamentary in General Elections India 2009

Apr 9

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Sachin Pilot - Congree Candidate for Indian General Elections from Ajmer  

 

Sachin Pilot - Congree Candidate for Indian General Elections from Ajmer

Sachin Pilot is the  Congress candidate for Ajmer Parliamentary Constituency in this years’s General Elections.

In the last elections, Sachin easily entered the Lok Sabha from his family fiefdom in Dausa. But this time its a total different scene. He has been fielded in Ajmer, a BJP bastion where the Congress has won just once in the past 25 years.  The reason for shift from Dausa is because post  delimitation, it has been declared a reserved seat.

As in Dausa, Sachin is relying on a sizeable Gujjar vote bank and traditional Congress supporters to triumph in Ajmer. Although his youthful image is a definite plus, yet many in the area regard him an ‘outsider’.

Sachin – The Young Global Leaders 2008

Sachin was selected as one of the Young Global Leaders 2008 by the World Economic Forum, Davos in recognition of his professional accomplishments and commitment to society.

Academic Qualifications

Sachin has done his B.A. (Hons.) degree from St. Stephens College, Delhi University and an MBA from the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.  Mr. Pilot has worked with BBC at the Delhi Bureau and General Motors Corporation.

At 26 years of age, he became the youngest Member of Parliament in the country.  He has also been  a Member of the Consultative Committee in the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Budget Estimates Committee of Parliament.

Sachin’s Ideology

He is focused on the empowerment of the farming community and youth.  He aims to inculcate a sense of social and political responsibility among the youth in rural and semi-urban areas of the country.

He has been fond of flying and received his Private Pilots License (PPL) from NY, USA in 1995.  He is also a keen sportsman and has represented Delhi State in a number of national shooting championships.

In 2004, Sachin Pilot married Sara Abdullah, daughter of Kashmir politician Farooq Abdullah.

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Girija Vyas – Congress candidate for Chittorgarh Rajasthan in General Elections 2009

Apr 7

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Girija Vyas - A Qualified Congress Candidate from Chittorgarh, Rajasthan
Girija Vyas – A Qualified Congress Candidate from Chittorgarh, Rajasthan

Ms. Girija Vyas is Congress candidate for Chittorgarh Parliamentary Constituency (Rajasthan State)  in General Elections India 2009.

She  has been working as the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women since last three years.

Academic Qualifications

After a brilliant academic career, armed with a Doctorate in Philosophy, she taught at the University of Udaipur and also at the University of Delaware, in U.S.A. In 1985, she was elected as an MLA from Udaipur City, Rajasthan and served as a Minister in the Rajasthan Cabinet till 1990.

Her Career Growth as a Politician

In the year 1996, she was elected to the Parliament and joined the Union Cabinet as a Deputy Minister. She served till 2001.

From 2001-2004, she was also the President, Pradesh Congress Committee, Rajasthan.  She has also served as Chairperson, Media Department, All India Congress Committee.

Chalo Gaon ki Ore

From February 2005-2008, she functioned as the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women.  During her tenure, she was instrumental in introducing an innovative project entitled “Chalo Gaon ki Ore” aimed at comprehensive empowerment of women in the villages.

A Honored Lecturer and Book Writer

Profusely honored for her academic achievements and excellence, Dr Vyas had widely traveled to USA, erstwhile USSR, Argentina,  Canada, China, Chile, Columbia and many other countries to deliver lectures in the academic and educational institutions.

Dr. Vyas also visited the United Kingdom on a special invitation by Her Majesty’s Government to discuss various issues impeding the progress, development and actual empowerment of women.

She even has several publications and books to her credit, which includes Ethical Teaching of Gita and Bible , Philosophy of Shuddhavaita, Seep, Samandar, Moti, Nostalgia, Philosophy of Democracy,  etc.

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BJP Nominates Ghanshyam Tiwari for Jaipur Seat in Upcoming General Elections

Apr 4

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BJP Fields Ghanshyam Tiwari in Jaipur for Lok Sabha Elections

BJP Fields Ghanshyam Tiwari in Jaipur for Lok Sabha Elections

BJP on Friday nominated Ghanshyanm Tiwari as its candidate from the prestigious Jaipur Seat. This seems to be an apparent bow to RSS pressure,  from where both the leading parties have now fielded Brahmins.

The Party had to re- announce its candidate from Jaipur as sitting MP Girdharailal Bhargava, who was on the BJP’s first list, passed away recently.

The candidature of Ghanshyam Tiwari from Jaipur is seen as an outcome of the pressure mounted by the RSS functionalities as former chief minister Raje was reportedly keen on picking former state president Mahesh Chand Sharma.

The party high command however, fielded Tiwari, who comes from RSS back ground. At present an MLA from Sanganer assembly seat, Tiwari was food and civil supplies minister in the Raje Government.

Congress has earlier declared that former MLA Mahesh Joshi as its candidate.

Others Nominated Candidates for BJP Party

The BJP Party also announced candidate for five more seats including Kiran Maheshwari against Congress’s Sachin Pilot from Ajmer.

Kiran’s candidature also reflects that party had difficulty in finding a suitable candidate against Sachin Pilot who have major chunk of Gujjar votebank was attached to the constituency after delimitation.

Khemchand Koli, Subhash Maharia and Mahavir Bhagora are the other party candidates announced on Friday.

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