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'''Rahul Kaswan''' is an Indian politician who | '''Rahul Kaswan''' is an Indian politician, who first became a [[Member of parliament#India|Member of parliament]] (MP) from [[Churu (Lok Sabha constituency)|Churu]] parliamentary constituency as a candidate of ruling [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) party in [[16th Lok Sabha|Sixteenth Lok Sabha]] in [[2014 Indian general election]], and then again in [[2019 Indian general election]] in the [[17th Lok Sabha|Seventeenth Lok Sabha]] . | ||
== Personal life == | |||
He is a son of four time former MP, ''[[Ram Singh Kaswan]]'',<ref name=ra1/> and grandson of former MP, ''Deep Chand Kaswan''. His mother ''Kamala Kaswan'' too has been a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] from the region.<ref name=ra1/> His ancestors had migrated to Kalri village of [[Churu district]] in [[Rajasthan]] from Matani village oof [[Bhiwani district]] in [[Haryana]]. | |||
== Career == | |||
He became a first timer after bis win in 2014 Lok Sabha elections when became the youngest MP from [[Rajasthan]]. He won with a record margin of 294,739 votes, the highest ever in the Churu constituency, thereby getting the rank of 6th highest margin winner, out of 25 seats in [[Rajasthan]]. He was pitted against Congress' first-timer Pratap Punia in the Churu Lok Sabha constituency. As an MP from Churu, he became immediate successor of his father who was MP of Churu for four terms.<ref name=ra1>{{cite web|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS203.htm?ac=3 |title=Constituencywise-All Candidates |publisher=Eciresults.nic.in |date= |accessdate=2014-05-17}}</ref><ref>[http://india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/rahul-kaswan Rahul Kaswan: know your politicians profile], india.gov.in</ref> | |||
He won the election as MP again in 2019. | |||
==See also == | |||
* [[Leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Parliament of India]] | |||
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