Two-time MP from Churu, Rahul Kaswan, who has resigned from the BJP and joined Congress, is a third generation Jat politician from Rajasthan’s Shekhawati region. He became the youngest Lok Sabha Member from the State at the age of 37 when he won the 2014 general elections by defeating Bahujan Samaj Party’s Abhinesh Maharshi.
Mr. Kaswan, 47, won with a record margin of 2.94 lakh votes in 2014, which was the highest-ever in Churu Lok Sabha constituency. He was an immediate successor of his father Ram Singh Kaswan, who represented the seat in Lok Sabha for four terms.
Mr. Kaswan won the Churu seat again as a BJP candidate in 2019 by defeating his nearest rival, Rafique Mandelia of the Congress, with a margin of 3.34 lakh votes. Having obtained bachelor’s degree in commerce from the Delhi University and diploma in management from the National Institute of Sales, the young MP runs a business and was active in the social fields since his student days.
