‘People wanted change’: RLP loses only assembly seat it had stranglehold over in Rajasthan

The predetermination was necessitated by sitting MLA Hanuman Beniwal’s predetermination to the Lok Sabha earlier this year.

For the RLP, the nonaccomplishment is significant. Khinswar is seen arsenic a Beniwal household citadel – portion Hanuman won the spot 4 times – 2008, 2013, 2018 and 2023 – his member Narayan secured it successful 2019.

It besides comes little than a twelvemonth aft Hanuman bushed Danga by 2,059 votes successful the 2023 Rajasthan assembly polls and lone months aft his predetermination into Lok Sabha from Nagaur – the parliamentary constituency nether which Khinswar falls.

For the RLP, the decision besides meant losing its lone assembly seat, down from the 3 seats it had won successful 2018, erstwhile it had archetypal launched.

Significantly, Danga is an ex-RLP subordinate and erstwhile adjacent adjutant to Hanuman who joined the BJP conscionable earlier the 2023 assembly election.

Despite his nonaccomplishment successful the past polls, Danga, with the BJP machinery firmly down him, emerged arsenic a formidable hostile to Beniwal. Soon aft the predetermination results were announced, helium claimed alteration was successful the air.

“I’m gladsome that the BJP chose maine arsenic a campaigner from Khinwsar. The nationalist has fixed its determination and radical should conscionable judge it. The nationalist of Khinwsar wanted change, which they volition present get,” helium told reporters.

Calls and substance messages to Hanuman Beniwal went unanswered. However, addressing the media soon aft the polls, the RLP main said that careless of the party’s loss, helium was inactive MP from Nagaur. “For the adjacent 5 years, my purpose is to instrumentality enactment against the corrupt officials successful the BJP oregon Congress enactment and volition combat against the injustice,” helium said.

Meanwhile, BJP person Ashok Saini, who was the party’s predetermination in-charge for Khinwsar, credited the triumph to the party’s aggravated on-ground campaign.

“The BJP acceptable up the predetermination squad for Khinwsar successful June and from July, our enactment began. We made 7 mandals successful the assembly areas nether antithetic heads and held meetings with the nationalist successful villages and hamlets to recognize their problems. As our authorities is successful power, we did a batch of improvement enactment successful the country and assured radical that this volition beryllium the world erstwhile the BJP is successful power,” helium said.