India's 8 Erstwhile Royals Who are Vying for the Lok Sabha Seats

Chandresh Kumari Katoch: A veteran Congress politician, Chandresh Kumari Katoch is one of the royals who has been an active politician. Presently, she is serving as the Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of parliament, representing Jodhpur. On October 28, 2012, she was sworn in as the Cabinet Minister in the Government of India and was given the portfolio of the Ministry of Culture.

Chandresh Kumari belongs to the Jodhpur royal family and is the daughter of Maharaja Hanwant Singh of Jodhpur and Maharani Krishna Kumari. She is married to Aditya Katoch who belongs to the royal family of Kangra, in Himachal Pradesh. In this poll, she is contesting from her home state of Jodhpur as a Congress candidate and will face BJP's Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.

Jitendra Singh: The scion of the Alwar royal family and the Union minister of sports and youth affairs, Jitendra Singh is all set to retain his Alwar seat. He is pitched against a priest Mahant Chandnath of BJP. During the last polls, Singh managed to get the votes with hardly any support from his own Rajput community which is not high in numbers in Alwar. He managed to garner the support of Yadavs, Gujjars, Meo Muslims, SCs and STs.
“I did my bit as an MP. But as most of the MLAs in my constituency were from the BJP they projected me in a negative way. I nursed my constituency to the best of my capacity,” says Singh.

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