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<ul><li><keyword id="6354374" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="rajyavardhan-singh-rathore">Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore</keyword> from BJP and <keyword id="140858" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Krishna-Poonia">Krishna Poonia</keyword> from INC are contesting for the Lok Sabha seat. </li><li>Rathore is a silver medal winner from the Olympics while Poonia is three-time Olympics participant and gold medallist in the Commonwealth Games. </li><li>While Rathore is the incumbent MP, the crowds seem to swinging in the favour of Poonia because of her caste.</li></ul>As India enters phase five of the general elections, there’s an interesting fight brewing in the land of the Maharajas and Maharanis. In <keyword id="79041" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Jaipur-rural">Jaipur rural</keyword>, two Olympians – Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore from the Bharatiya Janata Party and Krishna Poonia from the Indian National Congress – are contesting for the Lok Sabha seat. Rathore an Olympian shooter is the incumbent MP from Jaipur rural and is up against the Commonwealth gold medallist and Olympics participant Poonia. The two sporting icons now have a shot to win the golden ticket to the Lok Sabha. While they might have sports in common, their political affiliations and strides are completely opposite. Rathore, also a retired Colonel from the army, has gained much respect in his constituency for having paved the way for development and is a youth icon in the area. Rathore also holds the position of Minister of State for Information &amp; Broadcasting and Sports. “Youths of this constituency are joining the Army. They were wasting their time. Before 2014, there was no recruitment in Army from Jaipur district for six years. I started recruitment camps, and the results are there. We also arrange pre-recruitment training for youths,” <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/its-youth-vote-vs-caste-math-in-jaipur-rural/articleshow/69106064.cms">Economic Times</a> quoted Rathore from his rallies. Meanwhile, Poonia has gained popularity by being ‘one of the people’. Though Poonia hails from Haryana, her husband Virender Poonia is from the region, which brings her the <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019/rajasthan/news/modi-wave-in-2014-was-visible-now-it-is-undercurrent-rajyavardhan-singh-rathore/articleshow/68962404.cms">favouritism</a>. The Jats from the constituency have spoken to the media about their preference towards Poonia because of her <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/its-youth-vote-vs-caste-math-in-jaipur-rural/articleshow/69106064.cms">caste</a>. But going beyond sports, from bus stops to drinking water facilities, there are a lot of issues that villagers want to be solved in the area. "We are faced with loads of challenges for our day-to-day survival in the village. In the morning, we need to fetch water for our daily needs. But as the groundwater has almost dried up here, we have one tap supplying water to 50 houses. Surprisingly, the water supply from this tap is limited to 60 minutes, which is insufficient to meet the needs of all the families," Bansilal Kumawat, a resident of the Sanodiya village in the constituency, told IANS. It’s not just the elderly, even children from the constituency are standing up for their rights. In early May, children from the Garhi village of the constituency were <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019/rajasthan/news/on-jaipur-poll-pitch-kids-raise-voice-against-child-marriage/articleshow/69153701.cms">seen campaigning</a> and urging the elders to vote for the right candidate who would put a stop on child marriage and child labour in the area. See Also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/lok-sabha-elections-2019-polling-in-phase-5-will-see-battle-for-51-seats/articleshow/69193203.cms">Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Polling in Phase 5 will see battle for 51 seats</a>

In the land of the royals, two Olympic stars fight for votes – but it may boil down to caste

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore has won from the Jaipur Rural seat by over 3.5 lakh seats. In Jaipur rural, the fight for the Lok Sabha seat was between two sporting stars – Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore from the Bharatiya Janata Party and Krishna Poonia from the Indian National Congress. The exit poll results too had said that Rathore would win the seat. Jaipur rural had recorded a voter turnout of 61.58%. Rathore has found his way back into power with – votes. The Olympian shooter and a retired Colonel from the army, had gained much respect in his constituency for having paved the way for development. He is also a youth icon in the area. Rathore’s fight was against Poonia – Commonwealth gold medallist and an Olympics participant. Poonia’s husband Virender Poonia belongs to the region allowing her the advantage of <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019/rajasthan/news/modi-wave-in-2014-was-visible-now-it-is-undercurrent-rajyavardhan-singh-rathore/articleshow/68962404.cms">favouritism</a>. The Jats from the constituency had earlier spoken to the media about their preference towards Poonia because of her <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/its-youth-vote-vs-caste-math-in-jaipur-rural/articleshow/69106064.cms">caste</a>. However, Rathore who also holds the position of Minister of State for Information &amp; Broadcasting and Sports at the Centre, held onto his seat with a <a href="https://theprint.in/politics/in-jaipurs-battle-of-olympians-its-national-security-vs-local-crisis/229485/">reported</a> campaign for people to vote for a national leader. In the 2014 elections, Rathore had beat INC candidate had come to power by a margin of 3,32,896 votes.

Jaipur Rural Lok Sabha election results: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore regains power

<ul><li><keyword id="6354374" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="rajyavardhan-singh-rathore">Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore</keyword> wasn’t a part of the list of ministers who took oath during the <keyword id="68731" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Swearing-in-ceremony">swearing in ceremony</keyword> held today. </li><li>Rathore earlier held the position of Minister of State for Information &amp; Broadcasting and Sports at the Centre.</li><li>He has returned as the Lok Sabha MP from the Jaipur Rural constituency seat in Rajasthan.</li></ul>In a surprising move by the Modi government, former star BJP Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore was missing from the list of ministers who took oath at the swearing-in ceremony today. Rathore, in the first term of the Modi government, held the position of Minister of State for Information &amp; Broadcasting and Sports at the Centre. Rathore was instrumental in BJP’s clean sweep in the state of Rajasthan. With Rathore missing from the dais, as ministers took their seats to be sworn in along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he took oath for his second term in office, raised a lot of questions. 
 
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 Contesting from the Jaipur rural constituency, Rathore, in the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections defeated fellow Olympian and Congress candidate Krishna Poonia. The Olympian shooter and a retired Colonel from the army, had gained much respect in his constituency for having paved the way for development. In the 2014 elections, Rathore had beat INC candidate had come to power by a margin of 3,32,896 votes.

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In the land of the royals, two Olympic stars fight for votes – but it may boil down to caste

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Jaipur Rural Lok Sabha election results: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore regains power

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Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, former star minister and the man who helped BJP get a clean sweep in Rajasthan, fails to bag a Cabinet position

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Jaipur has Jyoti Khandelwal, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and Krishna Poonia fighting it out in phase 5 across two constituencies

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