Lok Sabha Elections / Will there be a break on the 33 year old MP of Kaswan family in Churu? Jhajharia will be litmus test

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Lok Sabha elections will be held in seven phases in the country. With the announcement of election dates, the Model Code of Conduct has come into force in the country. Lok Sabha elections will be held in seven phases. At the same time, voting will be held in two phases for 25 Lok Sabha seats of Rajasthan. Voting will be held on 12 seats of Rajasthan in the first phase i.e. on April 19 and voting on the remaining 13 seats will be held in the second phase i.e. on April 26. Voting will be held in the first phase on April 19 in Churu parliamentary constituency, the hot seat of the state. In the first phase, voting is to be held in 12 constituencies of the state, which include Ganganagar, Bikaner, Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Jaipur Rural, Jaipur, Alwar, Bharatpur, Karauli-Dholpur, Dausa and Nagaur. Churu Lok Sabha seat consists of 8 assembly constituencies, which include 6 from Churu district - Sadulpur, Taranagar, Sujangarh, Sardarshahr, Churu, Ratangarh and 2 seats from Hanumangarh district - Nohar and Bhadra.

BJP was giving tickets to the Kaswan family for the last 33 years, but this time they have expressed confidence in Devendra Jhajharia, who has won the gold medal twice in the Paralympic Games.

Who is Devendra Jhajharia?

42-year-old Devendra Jhajharia is a well-known name in the sports world and has been a para javelin thrower. He was born in Churu and now he will start his political innings from Churu, which is known as the gateway to the Thar Desert. At the age of just 8, Jhajharia lost his left hand after coming in contact with an electric wire while climbing a tree, but despite this his courage did not diminish. Jhajharia had to go through many difficulties even during the game. When he came to know that his father was suffering from cancer, he had decided to say goodbye to sports. But his father Ram Singh, however, advised him to focus on sports. Following his father's advice, Jhajharia started focusing on sports. Because of sports, he could not be with his father in his last moments. He became emotional remembering his father after winning a medal during a national level competition in 2020.

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Jhajharia had earlier decided to quit the sport even after his category was removed from the Paralympics. F46 javelin throw was not part of the 2008 and 2012 Paralympics. Devendra Jhajharia's wife Manju, a national level Kabaddi player, encouraged him to continue the game. After this, coach Ripu Daman Singh helped him a lot in improving his skills. There is another bigger goal he would like to achieve with his decision to enter politics. Dravendra Jhajharia was awarded the Padma Shri in 2012, the first time a para-athlete received this honour. He was also awarded the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna in 2017 and the Padma Bhushan in 2022.

Devendra Jhajharia's contest with Rahul Kaswan

At the same time, sitting MP Rahul Kaswan has left BJP and is contesting on Congress ticket. Father Ramsingh Kaswan has been MP from Churu four times and Rahul Kaswan himself has been MP from Churu twice. It is difficult for the 33-year-old MP from the Kaswan family to survive in the Lok Sabha elections 2024, because even Kaswan's ticket was cut in the political fight between veteran BJP leader Rajendra Rathod and Rahul Kaswan.

Who is Rahul Kaswan?

Rahul Kaswan was born on 20 January 1977 in Sadulpur of Churu district. His native village is Kalri. His primary education took place at Birla Public School, Pilani, where he completed his studies till 12th standard in 1996 while staying in hostel. His classmates at Birla Pilani are still in touch with him. In the year 1999, Rahul graduated from the Faculty of Commerce from Delhi University. In the year 2001, Rahul Kaswan did Post Graduate Diploma in Management from National Institute of Sales, Delhi. In the year 2000, Rahul Kaswan got married to Neelu, daughter of Jaipur businessman Kuldeep Dhankhar. Wife Neelu Kaswan works in a private company in Gurgaon. Rahul Kaswan has two children. Ronit and Revanth. Elder son Ronit is 14 years old.

Election history of Churu seat

Churu Lok Sabha constituency of Rajasthan holds an important place in the electoral politics of India. Churu Lok Sabha seat has been a stronghold of BJP. In the 11 elections held from 1977 to 2014, BJP has won from here 5 times while Congress has won only 3 times. BJP has won continuously in the last four elections i.e. since 1999. In the 2019 elections, a very interesting electoral contest was seen here. BJP candidate Rahul Kaswan had won the last election by a margin of 3,34,402 votes. He got 7,92,999 votes. Rahul Kaswan had defeated Congress candidate Rafiq Mandelia who had received 4,58,597 votes.

The demography of Churu is diverse and from the electoral point of view it is interesting and important among the Lok Sabha constituencies of Rajasthan. There was 65.65% voting in this constituency in the last 2019 Lok Sabha elections. This time i.e. in 2024, there is a lot of enthusiasm among the voters and they are more aware and ready to show the power of votes in democracy.

Lok Sabha elections will be held in seven phases

Let us tell you that the 2024 Lok Sabha elections will be held in seven phases. April 19 for the first phase (102 seats), April 26 for the second phase (89 seats), May 7 for the third phase (94 seats), May 13 for the fourth phase (96 seats), May 20 for the fifth phase. (49 seats), for the sixth phase on May 25 (57 seats) and for the seventh phase on June 1 (57 seats).