Rahul Kaswan

Some Lesser Known Facts About Rahul Kaswan

• His ancestors hailed from Matani village of Bhiwani district in Haryana. Later, they migrated to Kalri village of Churu district in Rajasthan.

• Rahul Kaswan was born into a family of politicians.

• Rahul’s grandfather, Deep Chand Kaswan, was a freedom fighter-turned-politician. He was a prominent leader of the BJP, who served as MP from Churu.

• Rahul’s father, Ram Singh Kaswan, is also a BJP leader. Ram Singh was elected as MP from Churu four times, in 1991, 1999, 2004 and 2009.

• Rahul Kaswan’s mother, Kamala Kaswan, was elected as MLA from Sadulpur on a ticket from the BJP in 2008.

• At 37, he became Rajasthan’s youngest MP when he won the 2014 general elections by defeating Bahujan Samaj Party’s Abhinesh Maharshi with a record margin of 2.94 lakh votes.

  

• In 2023, BJP veteran Rajendra Singh Rathore lost the Rajasthan assembly elections from the Taranagar seat in the Churu district. Rathore blamed Rahul Kaswan for his defeat. He claimed that Kaswan supported Rathore’s rival Congress candidate Narendra Budania during the election. ^[5]The Times of India Rathore’s accusations divided Churu along caste lines as Rathore is Rajput and Kaswan a Jat.

• After the 2023 assembly elections, a transfer list of nearly two dozen Jat officers out of Taranagar went viral on social media. It was said that Rathore was taking revenge on the Jat community after losing the elections. ^[6]ReporteR Sahab – YouTube

• The clear case of infighting between the Rathore and Kaswan ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls was unpleasant for the BJP.

• In March 2024, BJP gave a ticket to paralympic gold medalist Devendra Jhajharia to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Churu in place of two-time MP Rahul Kaswan.

• A BJP insider said Rathore had complained to the senior BJP leadership highlighting Kaswan’s hand in his defeat. BJP considered it as “anti-party activities” and denied a ticket to Kaswan in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

• Angered by the BJP’s decision, Kaswan left BJP and joined the Congress on 11 March 2024.