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Repoll in Rajasthan – 67% Polling in 59 Booths Across State

May 11

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About 67% of polling was reported in the 59 booths where repolling was held on Sunday. The Election Commission has ordered repoll in 60 booths spreading across 10 Lok Sabha Constituencies of Rajasthan.

Repolling Facts

The Lok Sabha constituencies where repolling was held includes Jaipur Rural (2), Sawai Madhopur-Tonk (21), Dausa (14), Bharatpur (2), Karauli-Dholpur (3), Alwar (6), Pali (8), Rajsamandh (1), Barmer (1) and Jhalawar-Baran (2).

Repolling was ordered after complaints of large scale booth capturing and damage to EVMs during voting on May 7.

Repolling Mishaps

Polling could not be held in one booth as one person was killed and four others injured when police opened fire to disperse a mob which was allegedly trying to capture a booth at Gotada in Dausa.

According to reports, Rajesh Kumar Mishra, the poll observer, arrived at booth number 15 in Gotada village under Sikrai assembly constituency on Sunday morning only to find fake votes being cast. Mishra immediately suspended four officials on duty and stopped the polling, which upset the members of a particular community.

Soon, Mishra and other government officials were attacked by a mob, forcing police to open fire on the crowd. While 18-year-old Jaikishan Meena was killed on the spot, four others were injured. This is the second death in police firing during polling, the first being at Sawai Madhopur on Thursday.

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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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